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Flight bans amount to travel apartheid, says UN Secretary General amid Omi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 2 (ANI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described widespread travel bans imposed on southern African countries over threats of the Omicron variant as "unacceptable," likening the restrictions to apartheid.
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India tour of SA might be pushed back by one week amid Omicron scare
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): India's tour of South Africa might be pushed back by one week due to the threat of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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SII seeks approval for Covishield vaccine as booster dose amid Omicron var
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The Serum Institute of India (SII) has sought India's drug regulator's approval for the Covishield vaccine as a booster dose citing adequate stock of the vaccine in the country, officials informed ANI on Thursday.
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Mansukh Mandaviya to chair meeting with States on airport screening, surv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday will chair a meeting with the States on airport screening and surveillance with Airport Public Health Officials (APHOs) and Port Health Officials (PHOs), informed the official sources.
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Ban air travel where Omicron is spreading: Chhattisgarh CM Baghel
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 2 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said that air travel should be banned between India and the countries where the Omicron variant is spreading.
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Omicron variant: Karnataka asks officials to strict implement travel advis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 2 (ANI): The Karnataka government on Wednesday asked the officials of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, District administration and authorities concerned at Airports, ports and land borders to ensure stringent implementation of travel advisory in the
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COVID: US reports first case of Omicron strain
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): The US on Wednesday (local time) reported its first case of the 'Omicron' variant of the COVID-19.
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ICAO urges measured, evidence-based approach to air transport restrictions
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Wednesday that it has issued a new bulletin calling on nations to implement a more measured and evidence-based approach to air transport restrictions regarding the coronavirus Omicron v
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South African leader faults imposed travel ban by Western countries follow
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria] December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday faulted the travel ban imposed on his country and sister African nations by some Western countries in the aftermath of the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 by South African scie
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Union Health Secy writes to Maharashtra on COVID-19 guidelines for interna
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid the threat of Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in the country, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has written to the Maharashtra government stating that the state's guidelines on RTPC tests and quarantine of international passe
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Saudi Arabia detects 1st case of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the detection of its first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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Sequencing results of Delhi travellers for Omicron awaited
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The genome sequencing of four Covid-19 positive international travellers is awaited to ascertain if they carried the Omicron variant when they landed in Delhi on Wednesday.
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