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COVID-19 rate rises again in Mongolia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The incidence rate of COVID-19 rose again in Mongolia due to the prevalence of the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, the country's health ministry said Thursday.
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Beijing announces COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its residents
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 7 (ANI): Beijing imposed China's first COVID-19 vaccine mandate for residents to enter public venues in face of a spike in cases from Omicron subvariant.
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Elderly Chinese neglected by authorities amid new Omicron variant threat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): Elderly Chinese people are being neglected by the authorities despite the detection of the new Omicron subvariant recently in the country.
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China: Xian under lockdown after city reports first cases of new Omicron s
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 6 (ANI): China on Wednesday enforced a lockdown in Xian, home to 13 million people after the city reported the first cases of a new Omicron subvariant.
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New Zealand records 10,290 new COVID cases, 12 more deaths
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand recorded 10,290 new community cases of COVID-19 and 12 more deaths, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday.
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New Zealand detects Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 for first time
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], July 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has been detected in New Zealand for the first time as the country recorded 9,629 new community cases of COVID-19 and 24 more deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
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Russian health watchdog detects Omicron subvariant BA.4 in population
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A more contagious subvariant of the COVID-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.
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Russian Health Watchdog Detects Omicron Subvariant BA.4 in Population
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A more contagious subvariant of the COVID-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.
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12 cases of Omicron subvariants detected in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 6 (ANI): As many as 12 people tested positive for the new subvariants of COVID BA.4 and BA.5 in Tamil Nadu, as per state Health Minister M Subramanian.
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BA.4, BA.5 are quite mild, behaving like other Omicron sub-variants: Exper
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): As India has been witnessing the subvariants of Omicron, Dr Tarun Kumar Sahni, Internal medicine and hyperbaric Oxygen therapist at Indraprastha Apollo hospital on Tuesday clarified that the BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages are quite "mild" because they are behav
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Contact tracing intensified after Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 detected,
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): After the detection of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in India, the government has intensified contact tracing said a health expert on Wednesday.
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INSACOG confirms first case of BA.4, BA.5 Omicron subvariants of COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): First case of BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been found in Tamil Nadu and Telangana respectively, confirmed the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) on Sunday.
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