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COVID-19: Top infectious disease expert Dr Faheem Younus shares his person
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): A top US doctor, who had contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19 two weeks ago, has shared his personal experience to fight against the new variant on Tuesday.
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Rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in Kerala could be due to Omicron, says Keral
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 19 (ANI): The rising cases of COVID-19 in Kerala could be due to the presence of the Omicron variant of the virus, said Dr GS Vijayakrishnan, the President of Kerala Government Medical Officers Association on Tuesday.
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Expert warns COVID-19 positive children should not be exposed to radiation
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): As the third wave of the COVID pandemic raises concern of infection among children, an expert has suggested that there is no need to panic as the Omicron, Variant of Concern, is mild, but have asked to avoid unnecessary medications and radiation exposure.
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COVID-19: Centre says tests declining amid rising cases, asks States, UTs
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday wrote to all States and Union Territories and asked them "to immediately increase testing in a strategic manner keeping in view the trend of case positivity in specific areas".
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COVID: Delhi witnesses decline in cases, logs 12,527 new infections
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Delhi on Monday witnessed a decline in COVID cases and logged 12,527 new infections in the last 24 hours.
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India's first homegrown mRNA vaccine to be tested amid Omicron spike: Offi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The country's first messenger mRNA vaccine is expected to begin trials on humans in February.
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China's Tianjin reports 33 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 16 (ANI): The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has reported 33 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
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Booster dose neutralizes COVID-19 Omicron variant: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): An international team of researchers recently studied the sensitivity of Omicron to antibodies compared with the currently dominant Delta variant.
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Omicron variant detected in over 50 pc of coronavirus-infected people in M
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The Omicron variant is detected in over 50per cent of coronavirus-infected people in Moscow, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday.
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Hong Kong airport suspends passenger transit services for 150 countries ov
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], January 14 (ANI): Hong Kong International Airport on Friday announced that it is suspendig passenger transit services for 150 countries in order to control the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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India logs over 2.6 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, positivity rate nears 15 pc
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): India reported 2,64,202 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 14.78 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Friday.
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Kerala logs 59 new Omicron cases in last 24 hours, 13,468 new COVID-19 cas
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 13 (ANI): As many as 59 more Omicron cases were confirmed in Kerala on Thursday taking the total Omicron tally to 480 in the state, informed the Kerala Health Department.
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