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Omicron risk remains 'very high', says WHO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 29 (ANI): The overall risk related to the new variant of concern Omicron remains "very high", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday as the world continues to witness the surge in global COVID-19 cases.
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Nine people test positive for COVID-19 Delta variant: Goa CM Pramod Sawant
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 25 (ANI): Nine people from 'at risk' countries tested positive for the COVID-19 Delta variant in Goa, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday.
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Treatment protocols for COVID-19, Delta will apply to Omicron: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): As India is witnessing a slight rise in cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday said that the treatment protocols for COVID-19 and Delta will apply to Omicron.
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Omicron is at least 3 times more transmissible than Delta variant: Health
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Tuesday alerted States and Union Territories about the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, and said that based on current scientific evidence, Omicron is at least three times more transmissible than the Delta variant.
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COVID-19 Omicron variant is milder than Delta in terms of severity, a few
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The new COVID-19 variant Omicron is milder than the Delta variant in terms of severity and a few patients did not even witness fever so far, said Dr Manoj Sharma, Senior Consultant Internal Medicine at Delhi's Fortis Hospital on Tuesday.
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Omicron cases may outpace COVID-19 Delta surge but only mild cases reporte
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): With almost 90 countries reporting cases of Omicron, health experts in India believe that due to its high transmissibility rate, the number of cases of the new COVID-19 variant may outpace the speed at which the Delta variant surged during the devastatin
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Nirvana Being launches Spider-Man N95 Masks as Official Mask Merchandise P
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): The friendly neighbour is back in town with 'No Way Home'. While in the movie, the favourite marvel character Spider-Man will be fighting evil, the real heroes will be all wearing N95 masks to protect from the 2nd and/or the 3rd wave and air p
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Omicron variant could replace Delta strain globally: Head of Russian Gamal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Omicron strain of the coronavirus could eventually replace the Delta variant, as it is already happening in South Africa, Alexander Gintsburg, the director of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told Sputnik.
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New Zealand reports 95 new community cases of Delta variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], December 10 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 95 new cases of the Delta variant in the community on Friday, bringing the total number of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country's current community outbreak to 9,552.
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UK records more than 51,000 new coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 51,342 new COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,610,958, according to official figures released Wednesday.
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New Zealand reports 92 new community cases of COVID-19 Delta variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington, Dec. 3 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 92 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 8,836.
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COVID-19 Delta variant may have increased ability to evade vaccine-induced
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI): Vaccines are effective in decreasing hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 infection but the emergence of viral variants of concern may diminish their efficacy, according to a recent study.
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