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Nepal: Restrictions clamped as Covid cases surge by 69 per cent in last 24
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 11 (ANI): The COVID-19 infection rate in Nepal has soared by about 69 per cent in the last 24 hours forcing authorities to clamp restrictions as the Himalayan Nation braces for the third wave of the pandemic.
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Gurugram's daily-wagers again leave for hometowns fearing lockdown amid CO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], January 11 (ANI): With COVID-19 restrictions again in place in Haryana's Gurugram as the number of infections rises, some daily-wage workers are once again struggling to make ends meet have started returning home.
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Goa Deputy CM Manohar Ajgaonkar tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to h
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], January 11 (ANI): Goa Deputy Chief Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Tuesday tested positive for the coronavirus infection.
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Long term exposure to air pollution may heighten COVID-19 risk: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): Long term exposure to ambient air pollution may heighten the risk of COVID-19 infection, suggests recent research.
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COVID: Nepal starts inoculating 12-17 year olds
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], January 10 (ANI): Nepal has started inoculating its population in the age group of 12-17 years with anti-COVID vaccines as the infection fueled by the Omicron variant continues to grip the nation.
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BJP chief JP Nadda tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday said he had tested positive for the COVID-19 infection.
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COVID-19: Bengaluru logs 146 new Omicron cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 10 (ANI): Bengaluru reported 146 new cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 infection, informed Karnataka Health Minister Dr Sudhakar K on Monday.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 10 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Monday evening said that he had tested positive for COVID-19 infection.
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COVID-19: Kerala logs 17 more Omicron cases, total tally now at 345
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 10 (ANI): Kerala on Monday reported 17 fresh Omicron cases which pushed up the state's total tally of infections from the COVID-19 variant to 345.
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Health ministry joint secretary advises Omicron patients to go in for home
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): As India witnesses a steep surge in COVID-19 cases and its Omicron variant, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Lav Aggarwal emphasised home isolation to deal with it and advised people to rely on only authentic sources of info
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Omicron less pathogenic than delta, beta variants, quarantining not justif
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), January 10 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, the top most medical authority in defence forces has come out with a policy on testing and quarantine in services which says that the infection caused Omicron variant of coronavirus is less pathogenic t
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Third wave will have sharp rise in Jan end, but sharp decline in mid-March
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 10 (ANI): Amid surge in COVID-19 infections in the country, IIT Kanpur professor Manindra Agrawal on Monday stated that the peak of the infection will hit the nation in the January-end. He also said that the virus cases will overtake the cases recor
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