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65 per cent of people with hybrid immunity neutralised Omicron variant of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 10 (ANI): Hybrid immunity is effective in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, reveals the study conducted by Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, a rheumatologist and medical director at CARE Hospital in Kochi.
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SK Bioscience to develop COVID-19 Omicron-specific vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 9 (ANI/Global Economic): As the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which is now the most dominant strain in the world, rapidly spread in Korea, SK Bioscience also started developing Omicron-specific vaccines.
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RT-PCR remains the gold standard of testing to detect COVID-19: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): With Omicron BA.2 sub-variant being hard to track, experts have said that RT-PCR still remains to be the 'gold standard' of COVID-19 testing.
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Vietnam reports 16,815 new COVID-19 cases, 2,358,786 in total
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,815 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 16,809 locally transmitted and six imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
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Iran's daily COVID-19 caseload nears 40,000
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Monday reported 39,819 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 6,619,085.
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India's daily COVID-19 cases drop below 1 lakh mark after one month, repor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): COVID-19 third wave in the country seems to have weakened with fresh infections recorded in the last 24 hours dropping below one lakh mark for the first time, after almost a month. The COVID cases had begun to show a significant rise following the emer
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Greek Prime Minister wishes Erdogan swift recovery from coronavirus infect
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Athens [Greece], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has wished Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a speedy recovery from COVID-19.
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Turkish President says contracted Omicron variant of coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 5 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced that he contracted the Omicron strain of coronavirus.
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COVID reinfections due to stronger immune escape phenomenon in Omicron tha
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Health experts say reinfection of people with COVID-19 within two to three weeks of their last infection is because of the 'immune escape capacity' of the virus.
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South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit record high of over 36,000
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said Saturday.
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Pak reports 6,137 new COVID cases, 28 deaths in 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): Pakistan has reported 6,137 new COVID-19 cases and 28 people succumbed to the disease over the past 24 hours, reported ARY News on Saturday.
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Maharashtra reports 13,840 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI): Maharashtra reported 13,840 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, said the state Health Department on Friday.
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