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Omicron's new sub-variant with more transmissibility detected in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): A new sub-variant of COVID's Omicron variant was detected in New Delhi, according to an official on Wednesday.
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Chinese cities forced to impose 'static management' due to rising COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 8 (ANI): After the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Sanya city of southern China's Hainan province, four more cities in the province have been forced to impose "static management," in a bid to cut off the fast transmission chain as the province reported over 1,140 COVID
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Omicron, sub-lineages circulating predominantly in India: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), in a weekly meeting, reviewed the data of genomic surveillance of variants and found that at present, Omicron and its sub-lineages are the predominant mutataions that are circulating in India.
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Sharp Workspace Procat Photocatalyst found effective against SARS- CoV-2
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): SHARP Business Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of SHARP Corporation Japan, known worldwide for its unique technology products and solutions, today announced a significant breakthrough achieved by Sharp's Workspace
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Pakistan's coronavirus positivity rate reaches 3 pc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): After several weeks of fluctuation in Covid cases, Pakistan registered a positivity rate of 3 per cent with 582 fresh cases reported during the last 24 hours, National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH) data reported.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations on rise in Czech Republic
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Czech Republic has reported rising COVID-19 hospitalizations since the end of June due to the more contagious subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 of the Omicron variant.
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Researchers in US developing fast, efficient COVID-19 biosensor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Indiana [US], July 23 (ANI): Health professionals are increasingly ready for a future in which COVID-19 variations develop, surge, and fade similarly to seasonal flu as the BA.5 omicron variant spreads. The ability to immediately monitor the virus at a "population scale," a task that will ne
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Pakistan reports 599 new Covid-19 cases, 3 more deaths
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): The active Covid-19 cases in Pakistan exceeded the 10,000 mark on Thursday after the country reported 599 new Covid-19 infections and three more deaths during the last 24 hours, the country's National Institute of Health (NIH) said.
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Study: High blood pressure may double risk of severe COVID, despite full v
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dallas [US], July 21 (ANI): According to a new analysis of adults hospitalised with COVID-19 in Los Angeles between December 2021 and April 2022, high blood pressure more than doubled a person's risk for hospitalisation from an Omicron-variant COVID-19 infection - even in the presence of ful
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Pakistan reports 592 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): Pakistan reported 592 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths during the last 24 hours, the country's ministry of health said on Wednesday.
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China witnesses new outbreak of COVID-19, reports over 400 cases daily
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 20 (ANI): With over 400 cases every day, China is witnessing a new outbreak of COVID-19. More than 20 provincial-level regions in the Chinese mainland have reported locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, and daily caseloads have begun to flare up in recent days.
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New study finds out why Omicron variant is highly transmissible
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): A study comparing four variants of SARS-CoV-2 shows how the Omicron variant is adept at entering cells and escaping neutralization from existing vaccines or prior infection, potentially contributing to the variant's high transmissibility.
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