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Need to be proactive in light of new Covid variant, says PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting with top officials on Covid-19 and said that we need to be proactive in light of the new variant while laying emphasis on the precautions to contain the virus.
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Rahul Gandhi says new Covid variant 'serious' threat, targets Centre over
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday termed the new COVID-19 variant as a "serious threat" and said bad vaccination figures can't be hidden for long.
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Australia announces border security measures to combat new COVID-19 varian
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt Saturday announced that the government would implement additional precautionary border security measures in response to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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PM Modi to chair meeting with top officials on COVID-19 situation, vaccina
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meet on the situation relating to COVID-19 and vaccination with top government officials today at 10:30 am.
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US, Brazil, Saudi Arabia latest to restrict travel from African countries
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): A number of countries including the US, Saudi Arabia and Brazil have announced travel restrictions on southern African countries as a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected on the continent.
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WHO designates new COVID-19 strain 'Omicron' as 'variant of concern'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation on Friday alarmed the siren among countries after a new variant of COVID-19 has been classified in South Africa, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) said in a statement.
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Coronavirus known to mutate, can't lower guards: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Following the reports of the emergence of a new novel variant of coronavirus in South Africa, a senior consultant of a Delhi Hospital on Friday said the virus is known to mutate and urged people not to lower guards against COVID.
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With emergence of new Covid-19 strain, India's top health experts advocate
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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Delhi CM urges experts to suggest necessary steps in view of new Covid var
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): In view of the threat from a new COVID variant from African countries, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he has requested experts to make a presentation to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and suggested necessary steps in
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Hong Kong detects new COVID-19 variant in people with travel history to So
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 26 (ANI): Hong Kong has detected a newly identified COVID-19 variant --- B.1.1.529 --- which is causing an increase in new Covid-19 infections in South Africa, according to local media reports.
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New variant of COVID-19 Delta strain detected in Norway
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], Russia, November 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A new variant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus has been detected in Norway, which is assumed to be no more infectious than other strains, the NRK broadcaster reported Monday, citing the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). Read More
No new variant of COVID-19 detected in Bengaluru, says Karnataka health se
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 11 (ANI): Karnataka Health Secretary D. Randeep said no new variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Bengaluru.
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