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Death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 200,000 in Britain
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 14 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 200,000 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded across Britain, showed the latest data released Wednesday from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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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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New Covid Omicron sub-variant found in India: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 7 (ANI): A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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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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COVID-19 infections on the rise in Germany due to BA.5 variant
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): COVID-19 infections have been steadily growing in Germany mainly due to the spread of Omicron variant BA.5, which now accounts for almost 66 per cent of all infections, according to data released on Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectio
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Covaxin booster shot enhances efficacy against Delta, Omicron variants of
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): A study showed that administration of Covaxin booster dose will enhance the vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant infection and give protection against two Omicron variants of COVID-19.
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Maharashtra reports first cases of COVID subvariants B.A. 4, B.A. 5, mild
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Maharashtra reported the first cases of the subvariants of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, said an official on Saturday.
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Sputnik V demonstrates strong protection against Omicron variant: Study
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (ANI): Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology on Wednesday said that Sputnik V demonstrated strong protection against Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID-19 will not lead to surge in cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): After India witnessed cases of the sub-variants of Omicron, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association's national task force on Tuesday said that these newly-detected sub-lineages will not cause a surge in infections but people still n
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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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6 dead in North Korea, after country announces first COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 13 (ANI): At least six persons were confirmed dead on Friday in North Korea and over 350,000 people were infected with a fever that spread "explosively" in the country, which had a day ago announced its first case of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
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North Korea reports first case of Covid-19 Omicron variant
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 12 (ANI): North Korea on Thursday reported its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant and put in place a "maximum emergency" virus control system in the country with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "eliminate" the virus, state media reported.
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