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India well-equipped to swiftly detect, contain new COVID variants: Ex-ICMR
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
As of Tuesday morning, India has reported 6,815 active COVID-19 cases. According to data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), 163 cases of the new COVID-19 variant XFG have recently been detected across the country.
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Delhi govt keeps vigilant eye on new Covid-19 variant JN.1, health ministe
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Keeping a vigilant eye on the new variant JN.1 of the coronavirus, the Delhi government is in action mode, taking all the requisite steps.
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"No need to panic": NITI Aayog member VK Paul assures preparedness as COVI
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
NITI Aayog member Dr. VK Paul on Wednesday asked fellow citizens not to panic about the new COVID-19 variant JN.1 and assured that the Centre is taking the necessary precautions to combat the new variant.
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New Covid-19 variant EG.5 on the rise in US
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Covid-19 variant EG.5 is on the rise in the US. The variant is causing about 17 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases in the country compared to 16 per cent for the next most common lineage, XBB.1.16, according to the latest estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
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Centre directs States to conduct genome sequencing of COVID positive sampl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday requested States and Union Territories to send samples of all COVID-19 positive cases to INSACOG labs to track new variants.
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New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern.
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Must follow COVID-appropriate behaviour, high-risk patients can get seriou
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, former Director of Delhi AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday urged the common people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
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India unlikely to witness fourth wave unless new COVID-19 variant reported
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): An upward trend in new COVID-19 cases continued in India on Thursday, with the country recording more than 7,000 new cases in the last 24 hours noting which a top expert has warned that India is unlikely to experience the fourth wave unless a new COVID-19
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COVID-19 variants will keep on occurring, nothing to panic about, says Dr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): New COVID-19 variants will keep coming, however, the new variants aren't causing severe diseases or increasing the number of cases said Chairman of the COVID-19 working group of India, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr NK Aror
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Afghanistan sees sharp spike in Covid cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 28 (ANI): Airing concern over the sharp increase of patients infected by COVID-19, the doctors on Thursday said that the number of reported patients showing the symptoms of the new COVID-19 variant has risen by 70 per cent within the past week compared to the wee
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No heads of state from Central Asian countries on Republic Day
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Due to the surge in cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron globally, including India, no heads of state of Central Asian countries will be attending India's Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
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Tanzanian president confirms spreading of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dodoma [Tanzania], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday night confirmed that there is the new COVID-19 variant called Omicron in the east African nation.
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