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Will Omicron derail recovery of airlines in South and Southeast Asia?
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, January 24 (ANI): In reporting its latest operating data, Singapore Airlines (SIA), co-owner of Gurgaon-based Vistara airlines, revealed that it carried 600,000 passengers in December, nearly doubled the number of passengers it carried a month ago. This is ten times higher comp
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Doctors shouldn't practice unethical, immoral, unscientific COVID-19 treat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): India's top virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang has called the prescription of monoclonal antibody therapy by the doctors in the private hospitals of the country for the treatment of Omicron variant of COVID-19 patients "unethical, immoral and unscientific"
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COVID-19 is heading towards 'endemic', says AIIMS senior epidemiologist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): A senior epidemiologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Sunday said SARS-CoV-2 which is commonly known as COVID-19 is heading towards an endemic stage.
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COVID-19: Omicron driven wave will turn to villages after metros, says exp
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan who is advising COVID-19 task force at
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COVID-19 variant Omicron in community transmission stage in India, no evid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and it has also become dominant in multiple metros, where new cases have been rising exponentially, said Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) in its weekly bulle
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Canada's Ontario to begin lifting COVID restrictions on January 31
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ontario [Canada], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Ontario will begin easing restrictions that have been in place to stop the spread the Omicron variant, with certain limits slated to be lifted on January 31, Premier Doug Ford said in a press conference Thursday.
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Myanmar's Omicron cases rise to 146 with 28 new infections
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of Omicron cases has risen to 146 after 28 new cases were reported in Myanmar, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
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Indonesia reports 2,116 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 2,116 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since Aug. 7 last year, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago.
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COVID-19: Sputnik V shows strong protection against Omicron compared to Pf
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has demonstrated strong protection against the Omicron variant of the virus compared to the Pfizer vaccine, according to a study conducted at the Spallanzani Institute in Italy in collaboration with investors in the Spu
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Pakistan records 6,808 new COVID-19 cases, second-highest daily case count
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan recorded 6,808 new COVID-19 cases, the second-highest daily case count since the coronavirus pandemic started in 2020, local media reported on Thursday.
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Omicron vaccine could be available in Netherlands by April: official
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A vaccine adapted to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 could be available in the Netherlands by the end of April, Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers wrote on Wednesday in a letter to the parliament.
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Kerala reports 54 new cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 19 (ANI): Kerala reported 54 new cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
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