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PM Modi chairs meeting to assess COVID-19 situation, cautions against comp
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the status and preparedness of public health response to COVID-19 and emphasised the need for strengthened surveillance with a focus on genome sequencing and increased testing.
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WHO chief again asks China to share requested data on COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Three years after its emergence in China's Wuhan, exactly how SARS-CoV-2 first emerged as a respiratory pathogen capable of sustained human-to-human transmission remains the subject of active debate.
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WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid-19
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand the origins of this virus," the WHO chief told a media briefing, as quoted in a statement on the organization's website.
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New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern.
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Study provides insight into potential animal reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 omicr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Researchers analyzed the structures of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and its receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), to gain insight into the variant's potential animal reservoir.
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Mandaviya stresses on COVID Appropriate Behaviour amid emergence of new Om
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): With the emergence of new Omicron variant, the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stressed the need for community awareness for continued implementation of the COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), especially in view of the upcoming festival season.<
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Maharasthra Covid cases up; new Omicron subvariants BQ.1, XBB reported fro
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): Maharashtra has recorded a 17.7 per cent rise in coronavirus cases compared to last week, according to a state health department bulletin.
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Omicron's new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 are signals to be cautious: E
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is likely to issue a bulletin regarding Omicron's new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 reported in India.
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Despite mounting crises, Xi pushes forward to third term
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 1 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is pushing for his third term at the 20th Party Congress to be held on October 16 in Beijing despite mounting crises.
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Growth picking up with most sectors operating at pre-pandemic levels: Surv
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): The economic activity in India is in recovery mode as growth seen broad basing with most sectors operating at pre-pandemic levels, a joint survey conducted by industry body FICCI and Indian Banks' Association revealed. The uptick in growth was despite a mu
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Russia develops Delta & Omicron-adapted Sputnik V vaccine
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 23 (ANI): Russia's Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Gamaleya Center) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund announced the development of the Sputnik V vaccine specifically adapted against Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus.
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Pakistan sees sudden surge in COVID-19 positivity rate, 11 dead in 24 hour
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan saw a sudden surge in the daily COVID-19 death count as the country reported 11 new deaths overnight, as given in the data from the National Institute of Health of Islamabad on Friday.
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