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India well-equipped to swiftly detect, contain new COVID variants: Ex-ICMR
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks 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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COVID-19: 32 fresh cases reported in Greater Mumbai area
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The total number of active cases is 148, with no detection of the JN.1 variant. It's noted that 51% of these cases are asymptomatic, and the symptomatic cases present mild symptoms and recover within a few days, the health department said.
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Madhya Pradesh: 58-year-old man tests positive for Covid-19 in Gwalior; Bh
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Dean of Gajra Raja Medical College, Dr Akshay Nigam said, "It is the first case of Covid-19 in Gwalior Chambal division in recent surge. Five people were tested, out of which one is found positive. Recently, the patient had gone to Bageshwar Dham in Chhatarpur district, after returning from
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Maharashtra reports 129 fresh COVID-19 cases; number of people infected wi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As many as 129 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Maharashtra on Friday, the health department said.
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Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar urges public not to panic amid rising ca
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid rising cases of the new COVID variant, JN.1, in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged the public to not panic while assuring that everything is fine so far.
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Isolation ward, other arrangements tightened at Dehradun's hospital amid n
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
At present 5893 oxygen support isolation beds and more than 3100 trained paramedical staff are available in the state.
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"We need to be cautious, not panic": Ex-WHO chief scientist on new Covid v
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI exclusively, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former DG, of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, "We need to be cautious, but we don't need to worry because we don't have any data to suggest that this variant JN.1 is more severe or it's going to cause more pneumonia,
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Uttarakhand govt issues advisory on JN.1 sub-variant; hospitals on alert f
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Uttarakhand government is on high alert regarding the new JN.1 sub-variant of coronavirus and has issued an advisory in this regard.
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COVID in India is moving towards endemic stage; cases will rise, then star
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
COVID in India is moving towards the endemic stage, stated official sources on Wednesday.
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Sewage sampling results indicating no upsurge or new COVID variant in Indi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The testing of the sewage samples has not identified any new variant of COVID, a top health expert said on Tuesday, while also adding that it means that the possibility of an upsurge of the cases is very less.
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Covid XBB.1.5 variant not virulent in India as 90 per cent of population v
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Giving marginal respite amid a spurt of covid cases in countries like China, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, Dr M Wali, Physician in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, on Sunday said that the new covid variant of XBB.1.5 is not virulent in India as 90 per cent of the eligible populat
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UP Minister reaches Bareilly Covid hospital, takes stock of preparedness
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Forest Minister Dr. Arun Kumar reached Bareilly's Covid hospital on Saturday to take stock of the health department's preparations to tackle Covid-19.
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