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Omicron detected in 38 countries but Delta remains dominant COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of COVID-19 response at WHO's Emergency Diseases Unit, said on Friday that the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been identified in 38 countries, but Delta remains the dominant variant of COVID-19, reported Sputni
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Spread of Omicron avoidable if precautions taken, says senior scientist
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A possible third wave of pandemic triggered by Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19, can be avoided if necessary precautions are taken, a senior scientist said on Friday and noted that the country also has the advantage of a large section of population
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South-East Asia Region should strengthen COVID-19 response measures to cur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3 (ANI): As India confirmed two cases of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Friday said that countries in South-East Asia Region should further strengthen COVID-19 response measures to curtail the spread of the virus and its variants.
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Amid Omicron scare passengers from Russia ruckus over mandatory COVID-19 t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3, (ANI): Amid the scare of the new Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, over 20 passengers from Russia (Moscow) arrived at the Delhi airport on Friday and created ruckus over the mandatory COVID-19 test, officials said.
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Large population in India has 'hybrid immunity,' favourable factor against
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A large section of India's population has "hybrid immunity" against COVID-19 and the "strong" resistance it entails is a positive factor in view of emergence of Omicron variant of the virus, a senior scientist has said.
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Scientists warn border bans too late to stop Omicron spread, hold back stu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists have warned that new travel restrictions are ineffective against the Omicron coronavirus strain and risk slowing down studies of the variant, according to a report by the journal Nature.
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Omicron scare: Karnataka CM chairs meeting with experts, senior health off
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 3 (ANI): A day after two cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 were detected in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday chaired a meeting with experts and senior officials and directed the technical advisory committee members to
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Karnataka postpones all events in educational institutes till Jan 15
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 3 (ANI): Karnataka government postponed all events in educational institutes till January 15, 2022, informed state Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Friday.
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18 fliers from at-risk countries tested positive for COVID-19, samples sen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya said on Friday that RT-PCR tests have been done of 16,000 passengers from 'at risk' countries and 18 samples have been sent for genome sequencing to determine if they have Omicron variant of the virus or not.
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Omicron scare keeps Pakistan and others away from parliament event: Adhir
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3, (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who is also chairperson of the Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said that a total of 52 foreign dignitaries were invited including Pakistan for the celebrations of the 100 years of PAC but several coun
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Amid Omicron scare, two international passengers test positive for COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 3 (ANI): A day after two cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant were detected in India, two international passengers, one each from the UK and Singapore tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu's capital city Chennai, informed State Health Minis
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India invited 52 nations to attend 100 years of Public Account's Committee
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Parliament's Public Account's Committee's (PAC) Chairperson and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that a total of 52 countries including Pakistan were invited to the celebrations of 100 years of the PAC but Islamabad did not resp
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