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US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this year
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has issued an alert to parents and healthcare providers for an expected outbreak of the polio-like disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the next four months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a release
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US eases travel advisory for India to second-lowest level
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): The US State Department on Monday (local time) has eased its travel advisories for India, taking it to its second-lowest level and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the South Asian nation now has a "moderate level of COVID-19."
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US' CDC endorses COVID-19 booster jabs for immunocompromised people
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed the use of an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems after an initial two-dose vaccine series.
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South Korea allows use of remaining AstraZeneca doses on those aged over 3
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The South Korean health authorities have allowed to immunize those aged 30 and over with the unused shots of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Friday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 6.78 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,787,146 as of Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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US recommends avoiding travel to Greece, Ireland, Iran over risk of COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday issued an advisory placing Greece, Ireland, Iran, Kazakhstan and the US Virgin Islands placing them in the category of highest risk for COVID-19 and advising Americans not to travel the
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 6.67 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,678,949 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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South Korea registers highest-ever daily rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 28 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has recorded its highest-ever daily rise in COVID-19 cases for the past day, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said in a statement.
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CDC's announcement of masking vaccinated people is another step to defeat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has issued a statement following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) masking guidance and said it is another step to defeat COVID-19.
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CDC urges vaccinated people to wear masks again in US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance on Tuesday (local time) to prevent further spread of the Delta variant in the United States, by mandating vaccinated people to wear masks in certain situations.
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Delta variant makes up 83 pc of COVID cases in US: CDC director
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 21 (ANI): The highly contagious delta variant, a strain of COVID-19 first detected in India, now makes up approximately 83 per cent of coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Avoid travel to UK due to COVID variants spread: US tells Americans
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday has recommended that Americans avoid travel to the United Kingdom due to the prevalence of the coronavirus variants in the country.
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