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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding due to Omicron surge
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 23 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday informed that she has canceled her wedding amid a new wave of Omicron cases in the country.
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China reports 19 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 23 (ANI): China on Saturday reported 19 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, local media reported citing the National Health Commission as saying on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Schools with high COVID positivity to be closed for one week
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 22 (ANI): More than 1,000 people infected with coronavirus have been shifted to critical care across Pakistan as the COVID situation worsens owing to the Omicron strain, according to government estimates, reported Geo TV.
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China records 23 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): China on Friday reported 23 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, local media reported citing the National Health Commission as saying on Saturday.
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Less hospitalisation, less severity in Omicron driven wave, say Experts
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Delhi is reporting a ten times lesser number of hospitalisations in the Omicron-driven wave of COVID-19 as compared to the second wave, informed Dr Dhiren Gupta, Paediatric Pulmonologist at Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi on Friday.
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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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J-K govt imposes restriction on non-essential movement amid surge in COVID
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 20 (ANI): In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases and Omicron, Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday imposed complete restrictions on non-essential movement from every Friday (2 pm) to Monday (6 am), said order by the government of Jammu and Ka
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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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German COVID-19 infections hit record high amid Omicron wave
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's seven-day COVID-19 incidence rate exceeded 600 for the first time as 638.8 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants were recorded, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Thursday.
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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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