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Can't confirm XE COVID variant in Maharashtra, awaiting report results fro
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Amid mounting concerns over the new 'XE' variant of COVID and a day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reported its first case in Mumbai, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that state health department has not recei
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South Korea reports 286,294 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 286,294 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,553,644, the health authorities said Wednesday.
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New COVID mutant 'XE': No need to push panic button, but keep close watch,
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): With several reports citing the emergence of a new mutant of the novel Coronavirus known as XE which is more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society has urged citizens of the country not to panic and
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New COVID mutant 'XE' found in UK, more transmissible than Omicron sub-v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 2 (ANI): A new COVID mutant 'XE' has been found in the UK, the World Health Organisation has said in its latest report and noted that it may be more transmissible than the BA.2 sublineage of COVID-19.
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China reports 1,293 new COVID-19 cases as Shanghai under lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 29 (ANI): China's financial hub of Shanghai is in a two-stage lockdown of its 26 million residents as the country on Monday reported 1,293 new COVID-19 cases, out of which 1,228 were locally transmitted and 65 were imported infections, the National Health Commission's
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Portugal extends COVID-19 alert situation until April 18
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Portuguese government announced on Wednesday the extension of the COVID-19 pandemic "alert situation" until April 18, according to a statement from the Council of Ministers.
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US could face more COVID-19 lockdowns if cases go up again due to latest v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States could face more COVID-19 lockdowns if cases go up once again due to the latest variant, even as the most cautious begin to shrug off their virus fears once-and-for-all, British paper Daily Mail has reported, citing the top U.S. infect
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Cyprus approves 4th vaccine dose for vulnerable people due to COVID-19 spi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Cypriot government on Tuesday approved a fourth COVID vaccine dose for vulnerable citizens after health authorities announced a new spike in cases.
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Threat of Omicron has not gone away from India: Health Ministry
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): As the country reels under the prevalence of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal on Monday said that the threat of the Omicron variant has not gone away from India adding that the country has done a c
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NTAGI recommends reducing gap between two doses of Covishield: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) on Sunday recommended the Union Ministry of Health to reduce the COVID-19 vaccine Covishield's duration of the second dose to somewhere between 8 to 16 weeks after the first dose in view of the o
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Covid-19: Myanmar logs 31 cases of Omicron sub-variant
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], March 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar confirmed its first batch of 31 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant's BA.2 sub-lineage on Friday, the Ministry of Health said.
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India managed Omicron surge much better than other countries: Centre
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The proactive measures in India's COVID-19 vaccination drive helped the country control the spread of Omicron, which was globally six times higher than the previous wave, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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