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COVID-19: Next plan should be to vaccinate children above 5 years, says He
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): Welcoming Centre's decision to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in the age group of 15-18 years from coming January 3 amid Omicron threat, the Indian health experts said that there is a need for vaccinating children above 5-years-old and the next p
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So far omicron cases are mild, recovery rate is high but it's time to be c
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): With over 200 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in India, the health experts treating the patients infected with the virus say that so far cases are mild and the recovery rate is high but it is high time to be cautious otherwise India will be in tr
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COVID-19 Omicron variant is milder than Delta in terms of severity, a few
Updated : 4 years, 5 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, 5 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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Pakistan has much higher COVID-19 mortality rate in comparison to global d
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Despite health experts claims that COVID-19 has been less lethal among Asians, global data has shown that Pakistan's mortality rate is far higher than in many regions, a media report said.
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COVID-19: New variant might be less severe, high transmissibility rate is
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): As the number of COVID-19 variants omicron cases reaches over 100 in India, the Indian health experts said that the new variant might be less severe, however, the high transmissibility rate could be a worrying factor.
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Adults should take vaccine, follow COVID19-appropriate behaviour to protec
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Amid growing concerns about the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, doctors suggested that adults should follow COVID-appropriate behaviour to stop the spread of the virus.
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Health experts reiterate on COVID-19 appropriate behaviour as 'Omicron' CO
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): With World Health Organisation (WHO) stating that overall global risk related to the new COVID variant Omicron is assessed as very high and may change the pandemic course, health experts in India reiterated not to loosen up the guards as the situation st
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With emergence of new Covid-19 strain, India's top health experts advocate
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): With a new heavily mutant novel coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 reported in South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana triggering alarms in India, the country's top health experts have urged for stringent surveillance at the government level.
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Don't forget to follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour during gatherings, w
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): With India witnessing a consistent decline in COVID-19 cases, top health experts have warned people to not forget to follow the COVID appropriate behaviour in the upcoming wedding season to avoid the infection's resurgence.
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Avoid crowded places, wear N95 masks, suggests expert amid worsening air q
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Expressing concerns over worsening air quality in Delhi and its effects on one's health, experts are suggesting that people should avoid going to crowded places and use N95 masks.
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India needs collaboration, continuity to solve air pollution problem: Expe
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): With Delhi's air quality index fluctuating between severe and very poor category, environment activists and health experts expressed concern over the situation and said that unless there is collaboration and continuity, the country would not be able t
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