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Israel expands COVID-19 red list to include 7 more countries
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel has added Ireland, Spain, Norway, Finland, France, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates to its COVID-19 red list to prevent the spread of the Omicron strain, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Vaccines, previous infection may offer some stronger than basic protection
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): A new study has found that people previously infected with COVID and those vaccinated will have some 'stronger than basic' defence against the Omicron strain of COVID-19.
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Omicron variant could replace Delta strain globally: Head of Russian Gamal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Omicron strain of the coronavirus could eventually replace the Delta variant, as it is already happening in South Africa, Alexander Gintsburg, the director of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told Sputnik.
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Kuwait's Health Ministry confirms first Omicron infection: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Medics in Kuwait reported the first Omicron infection in a European citizen who arrived in Kuwait from an African country where a spread of the Omicron strain has been confirmed, Kuwait's Health Ministry representative Abdullah Al-Sanad told the Kuwait
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South Korea to focus on containing COVID-19 Omicron strain: Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea will focus on containing the new Omicron coronavirus strain until the end of the year since it poses an apparent threat, South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Monday.
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Omicron detected in 38 countries but Delta remains dominant COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of COVID-19 response at WHO's Emergency Diseases Unit, said on Friday that the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been identified in 38 countries, but Delta remains the dominant variant of COVID-19, reported Sputni
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Scientists warn border bans too late to stop Omicron spread, hold back stu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists have warned that new travel restrictions are ineffective against the Omicron coronavirus strain and risk slowing down studies of the variant, according to a report by the journal Nature.
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Japan lifts recent ban on booking flights to country: Chief Cabinet Secret
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 2 (ANI/ Sputnik): The Japanese Transport Ministry has cancelled its directive requiring suspension of new flight bookings to the country until late December, initially issued to prevent the spread of the Omicron strain of coronavirus, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary
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Third case of COVID Omicron strain confirmed in Spain
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Madrid [Spain], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The third case of infection with the new strain of COVID-19, Omicron, has been confirmed in Spain - in the Balearic Islands, health authorities said.
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COVID: US reports first case of Omicron strain
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): The US on Wednesday (local time) reported its first case of the 'Omicron' variant of the COVID-19.
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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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China will successfully hold 2022 Beijing Olympics despite Omicron concern
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 30 (ANI): China will successfully hold the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games on schedule, despite the worldwide spread of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday.
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