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UK records more than 51,000 new coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 51,342 new COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,610,958, according to official figures released Wednesday.
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Karnataka govt issues guidelines for isolation, treatment, management faci
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 9 (ANI): With the emergence of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Karnataka government on Wednesday issued guidelines of dedicated isolation, treatment and management facility for Omicron cases.
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COVID-19: Arrangements in place at Vijayawada airport to scan every passen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): Stating that all efforts are in place to prevent the cases of COVID-19 and Omicron in the State, PV Rama Rao, Director of Gannavaram Airport, said on Wednesday that the airport authorities have made arrangements to scan every passenger a
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Kuwait's Health Ministry confirms first Omicron infection: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Medics in Kuwait reported the first Omicron infection in a European citizen who arrived in Kuwait from an African country where a spread of the Omicron strain has been confirmed, Kuwait's Health Ministry representative Abdullah Al-Sanad told the Kuwait
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Omicron will cause third wave, but not as devastating as in other countrie
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): As COVID cases resurge in India with the occurrence of the Omicron variant, Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, rheumatology and medical director at CARE Hospital, Kochi said that although the variant can cause a third wave in India, it would not be as devastating as t
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Union Health Min asks States to submit samples of COVID cases of foreign r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): As India reported nearly two dozen Omicron cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday asked all the States to submit all the samples of positive cases of international travellers and their contacts as well as from emerging hotspots.
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GMR Hyderabad International Airport makes all necessary arrangements in vi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 8 (ANI): In view of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, GMR Hyderabad International Airport has made all necessary arrangements as per the latest guidelines and passenger convenience, said the airport authorities in a statement.
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Philippines to ban travel from France starting Dec 13
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines will ban travel from France starting Dec. 13 to stem the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, a government official said Wednesday.
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Omicron: State Cabinet to decide COVID-19 management, guidelines tomorrow,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 8 (ANI): With the resurgence in the number of COVID cases because of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the Cabinet would hold a meeting tomorrow to take a decision on COVID management a
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Goa: Russian returnees test positive for COVID-19, suspected to be infecte
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 8 (ANI): Russian returnees who have reached Goa via Delhi are suspected to be infected with COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', informed Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday.
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Indian equities rally for 2nd day; Sensex surges 1016 points
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], December 8 (ANI): Broad-based buying support continued in the Indian equities markets for the second successive day on Wednesday with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 surging close to two per cent sidestepping Omicron worries.
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Australia's Queensland detects new version of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A new version of the Omicron coronavirus strain has been detected in Australia's Queensland, health authorities said on Wednesday.
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