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COVID situation similar to game of 'Snakes & Ladders', says Singapore
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday likened the COVID situation, in the face of new variants, to the 'snakes and ladders game' stating that depending on how the situation is tackled it could either "bring us down or take us a step ahead".
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Gizmore launches 3 new smartwatches to mark the festival season and streng
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI/PNN): Expanding its portfolio in the fitness wearables segment under the 'GizFit' series, Gizmore has recently launched three new variants in Smartwatches. After the successful launch of GizFit 908 and GizFit 910, the brand is aggressively launching GizFit
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Leadership rose to the challenge in second wave of COVID-19, efforts made
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Noting that the country suffered from a terrible second wave of COVID-19 due to the new variants and other unexpected factors, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that the leadership rose to the challenge, efforts were made war-footing to plug th
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Sputnik V effective against Delta, other variants of coronavirus, says RDI
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund) on Monday announced strong results of the study on neutralizing the activity of sera from individuals vacc
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Need to look ahead, strengthen public health system, says AIIMS director
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): As India prepares for the possibility of a third wave of Covid-19 infections and deals with the new variants of Coronavirus like Delta Plus, there is a need to strengthen the public health care system of the country, said Dr Randeep Guleria, All India Ins
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Dehradun DM orders COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving at Jollygrant Ai
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 25 (ANI): In view of the detection of new variants of the coronavirus in many states of the country, the District Magistrate (DM) of Dehradun, Dr Ashish Srivastav on Friday issued strict instructions for Covid-19 testing of air passengers, especially thos
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Sri Lanka records over 57,000 positive COVID-19 patients in June
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka has recorded a total of 57,555 COVID-19 patients so far this month as the country faces a rapid spread in new variants of the virus, official statistics from the National Operations Center for the Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak showed Wed
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Nepal confirms presence of third and new variant of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 19 (ANI): After confirming two variants of coronavirus, Nepal on Tuesday confirmed that there were cases of third variant B.1.617.2 in the country.
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Slow vaccine roll-out could risk advent of new variants, warns Chinese exp
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Chinese infectious disease specialist has warned that slow global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out risks allowing new variants to emerge as the world continues to combat the pandemic.
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UK, South Africa, Brazilian Covid strain cases in India now at 242
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases with UK, South Africa and Brazil variants in the country is now at 242, the government said on Thursday.
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India detects two new variants N440K and E484Q of COVID-19: Health Ministr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Even as the country's COVID-19 trajectory is declining, India has detected two new variants of the virus-- namely N440 K and E484Q in Maharashtra and Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Odisha govt issues fresh guidelines to avoid rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 22 (ANI): Odisha government on Sunday issued guidelines to ensure strict implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols in view of a fresh spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in some states, fear of new variants and complacency in people for observing th
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