Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 27 (ANI): In view of the emerging new variant of COVID-19 in South Africa, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar called for a meeting on Sunday to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the state.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): In view of concerns about the new variant of COVID-19 virus, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai chaired a meeting on Saturday in which instructions were given to increase vigil on the state's borders.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): Amid the rise of COVID-19 cases and the fear of a new 'Omicron' variant in Karnataka, the state government on Saturday decided to implement a slew of stringent precautionary measures, informed an official statement issued by the Chief Ministe
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa will share the samples of the new Omicron coronavirus variant with biosecurity agencies of other nations, the director of the country's Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Tulio de Oliveira, said on Saturday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): Two persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday after reaching Bengaluru from South Africa, have been found positive for delta variant of the virus.
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): The new strain of COVID-19 has been named as 'variant of concern' based on laboratory and population-based observations and more information is being gathered on how it is behaving "at an individual level and at the population level," a senior ICMR offi
Prague [Czech Republic], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The central laboratory of the Czech Health Ministry is testing a woman who arrived from Namibia for the new Omicron coronavirus variant, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Saturday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 27 (ANI): Nepal has made a week-long quarantine compulsory for those arriving from South African Nations or using any of the nations as transit to prevent contraction of B.1.1.529 or the "Omicron" variant.
New York [US], November 27 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it does not have a plan to evacuate its staff from South Africa amid the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Coronavirus has been detected in 61 passengers from two KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flights arriving in the Netherlands from South Africa, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Amid concerns due to the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is scheduled to meet on Monday to take a call on international passengers, especially from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong, informed