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AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 (ANI): South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the COVID-19 variant first identified there, CNN reported citing South African health officials on Sunday (
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Delhi logs 119 new COVID-19 cases, 6,36,035 in total
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): With 119 new COVID-19 cases reported in the national capital in the last 24 hours, the cumulative count of people infected with the virus has mounted to 6,36,035, health officials said on Sunday.
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China registers 144 new COVID-19 cases, 113 asymptomatic infections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Chinese health officials on Thursday registered 144 new COVID-19 cases in addition to 113 cases of asymptomatic infections detected over the past 24 hours.
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23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, 13 were nursing
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Oslo [Norway], January 16 (ANI): Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine with 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the shots, New York Post reported citing the health officials.
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Thailand's 28 provinces face maximum control against COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Twenty-eight provinces of Thailand will be put under maximum control as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, health officials announced on Saturday.
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California confirms first case of new coronavirus strain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Health officials in the US state of California have confirmed a first case of the new mutated coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, Governor Gavin Newsom said.
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US airports screen record number of travellers over holiday despite COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): US airports screened a record number of passengers over the Christmas holiday weekend despite warnings from top health officials about the risk of travelling amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson
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ICUs in California drowning by coronavirus surge
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], December 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Unchecked Thanksgiving gatherings of friends and families across the Golden State result in an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 cases, with more to come, California health officials noted Tuesday, warning statewide intensive care units (ICUs) capaci
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Coronavirus vaccination in UP: Leaves of all health officials cancelled fo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): The Health and Family Welfare Department of Uttar Pradesh has cancelled all leaves of officers and employees of the Directorate General, in view of proposed Covid-19 vaccination in the months of December 2020 and January 2021.
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Hong Kong health experts warn of 'explosive COVID-19 outbreak' as city rec
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 6 (ANI): Hong Kong could face an 'explosive outbreak' of COVID-19, as cases and untraceable infections remained high, warned health officials on Saturday, as the government announced mandatory testing for all taxi drivers.
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Uptick in COVID-19 cases due to Thanksgiving travel likely in US, says Dr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 30 (ANI): Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert of the US, said on Sunday that there will almost certainly be an uptick in COVID-19 cases after Americans travelled for the Thanksgiving holiday despite warnings by public health officials, reported The H
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Afghanistan: 31 killed in suicide bomb attack in Ghazni province
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ghazni [Afghanistan], November 29 (ANI): At least 31 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Sunday, local health officials said.
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