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Genome sequencing can finally confirm presence of COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): With a rise in the number of countries reporting an increase in cases of Omicron, the "highly transmissible" new COVID-19 variant, India continues to remain on high alert. Passengers travelling from 'high-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19
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All International passengers being tested as part of tightened COVID-19 pr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], December 1 (ANI): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said all the international passengers arriving at the airports were being tested as part of the tightened COVID-19 precautions in the state.
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Saudi Arabia detects 1st case of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the detection of its first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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Sequencing results of Delhi travellers for Omicron awaited
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The genome sequencing of four Covid-19 positive international travellers is awaited to ascertain if they carried the Omicron variant when they landed in Delhi on Wednesday.
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Malaysia bans entry of travellers from eight countries over Omicron fears
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia has imposed travel restrictions on travellers from eight countries in a bid to stop the new Omicron variant from spreading to the country, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday.
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Omicron: Resumption of international flights hangs in balance, India to ta
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 1 (ANI): As the situation with respect to the new COVID variant continues to evolve, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said that it will notify its decision in due course on the date of resumption of commercial international passenger
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Japan begins administering COVID-19 booster shots amid Omicron concerns
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan began on Wednesday to administer COVID-19 booster injections to people who finished the full two shots at least eight months ago amid increasing concerns over the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19, the government said.
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Omicron variant: UP's Meerut starts monitoring of people arriving from for
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 1 (ANI): In the wake of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Meerut Health Department has started monitoring the people coming from foreign countries, an official said.
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Canadian province of Alberta confirms first case of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Alberta [Canada], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian province of Alberta has reported the first case of a coronavirus Omicron variant infection of a returning traveller who visited Nigeria and the Netherlands, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw said.
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Srinagar: COVID test made compulsory for all international passengers, fol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid concerns over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, RT PCR test of all international passengers arriving at Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar Airport would be conducted, followed by a seven-day home quarantine for those who test negative.
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Maharashtra: Quarantine mandatory for passengers coming from at-risk count
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): In view of the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday made institutional quarantine mandatory for passengers coming to the state from countries "at-risk" and also RT-PCR mandatory irrespective of vac
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COVID: Canada bans travel from Egypt, Nigeria, Malawi amid spread of Omicr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 1 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Canada has added Egypt, Malawi, and Nigeria to the 'travel ban' list.
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