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Biden to announce new actions to protect Americans against Delta, Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will announce new actions to combat COVID-19 as the country heads into the winter months and with the emergence of a new variant, Omicron, White House said in a statement on Thursday.
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Some countries have stopped flights, but India has increased surveillance,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): India has not imposed travel curbs but has increased surveillance and protocols, said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday.
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Omicron threat: Ahead of India series, CSA postpones domestic games
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], December 2 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday confirmed that all three, Round 4, Division Two CSA 4-Day Domestic Series matches scheduled to take place between December 2-5 have been postponed.
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Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise in south
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brazzaville [Congo], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rise by 54 percent due to an upsurge in southern Africa, said the World Health Organization in a stat
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5 contacts of 46-year-old Omicron infected person test COVID positive, gen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 2 (ANI): As many as three primary contacts and two secondary contacts of the 46-year-old Karnataka man who was found infected with the Omicron variant, have also tested positive for the COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for further genome seque
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Omicron cases found in South-East Asia region 'not unexpected' in view of
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 2 (ANI): As the Union Health Ministry confirmed two COVID-19 cases of Omicron (B.1.1.529) in Karnataka on Thursday, World Health Organization (WHO) said that it was 'not unexpected' in South-East Asia Region while emphasising the need for all countries to step u
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COVID-19: FICCI urges Centre to adopt pan-India uniform policy to tackle O
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Stating that the emergence of the Omicron variant of coronavirus is a reminder that the threat from COVID-19 still looms large, Uday Shankar, President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Thursday urged the Centre to adopt a
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First Omicron case detected in Greece, national health service
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The first Omicron variant case of COVID-19 has been detected in Greece, and the man is quarantined, Head of National Public Health Organization EODY Theoklis Zaoutis said at a briefing on Thursday.
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Amid Omicron scare, NITI Aayog's VK Paul says increased COVID-19 vaccine u
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the scare of Omicron variant of the COVID-19, Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog on Thursday said that the priority of the Centre is to fully vaccinate the adult population of the country against the COVID-19 and urged people get fully vaccin
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BCCI will take right decision when it comes to players' health: Former cri
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Everyone in the country is anxious about the new Omicron variant and so are the players as this virus has spread rapidly in Africa. With the Indian team travelling to South Africa this month there are questions being raised whether they should send the pl
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2 cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant found in Karnataka: Union Health Minis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday informed that two people have tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Karnataka.
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Kohli 'confident' to have clarity on South Africa tour in day or two amid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday said everyone is working hard to find clarity on the South Africa tour but the team's focus remains on the second Test against New Zealand which gets underway from Friday.
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