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Omicron cases in UK rise by 50 per cent in one day
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): A further 86 cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been reported in Britain, taking the total to 246, British health authorities confirmed Sunday.
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NTAGI to hold meeting on child immunisation, additional COVID-19 vaccine d
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): The meeting of the National Technical Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) on issues of child immunisation and additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the immunocompromised will be held on Monday, said official sources.
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First positive case of Omicron variant detected in Senegal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dakar [Senegal], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Senegal detected its first positive case of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the country's Institute of Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (Iressef) said on Sunday.
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69 COVID-19 cases reported at school in Chikkamagaluru
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 5 (ANI): Amid concern over 'Omicron', around 69 people including 59 students and 10 staff members have tested COVID-19 positive at a Jawahar Navodaya School in Chikkamagaluru, said a health official.
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COVID-19 working group of NTAGI likely to meet tomorrow to discuss additio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) is likely to meet on December 6 to discuss an additional dose of COVID-19, informed sources.
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Genome sequencing finds nine Omicron cases in Jaipur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 5 (ANI): Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 5 (ANI): A total of nine cases of COVID19 Omicron variant have been reported in Rajasthan's Jaipur, said the state health department.
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Cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 might increase in Telangana between J
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 5 (ANI): Amid rising 'Omicron' threat, cases of the new variant of coronavirus might increase between January and February in Telangana, said State Director of Public Health and Family Welfare Srinivas Rao on Sunday.
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Maharashtra: 7 more test positive for Omicron variant of COVID-19, taking
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): Seven more people tested positive for the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra, taking the total number of cases of the new coronavirus variant in the state to eight, informed the public health department on Sunday.
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Detection of Omicron variant means pandemic not over yet: Ex-UK Scientific
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant brought the world back to square one in dealing with the pandemic, the former UK government scientific advisor and director of Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar, said.
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Another passenger from Singapore tests positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 5 (ANI): A day after two international passengers tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu amid the scare of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, another passenger from Singapore tested positive for the infection on Saturday.
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COVID-19: Uttarakhand govt launches random testing, aims to conduct 25,000
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 5 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said the state government would be launching random testing against COVID-19 with a target of 25,000 tests daily, in view of precautionary measures taken by the government in the wake o
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South African President says hospital admissions not increasing despite sp
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Hospital admissions in South Africa are not on the rise, despite a jump in active COVID-19 cases triggered by the new Omicron coronavirus strain, the country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, told reporters.
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