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Omicron: Genome sequencing lab will be established in Karnataka, says CM B
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], December 7 (ANI): In the wake of rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that a Genome sequencing lab that conducts test for the 'Omicron' variant will be established in Karnataka.
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RBI may keep policy rates steady amid Omicron scare
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 7 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to maintain a status quo on key rates in its bi-monthly policy review to be announced on Wednesday as Omicron, a new strain of Coronavirus, adds to the economic uncertainties.
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Omicron infected people not permitted to leave South Africa: Embassy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 7 (ANI/Sputnik): People infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant are not permitted to leave South Africa, the country's embassy in Moscow old Sputnik on Tuesday.
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First case of Omicron detected in Maldives
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Maldives has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, local media reported Tuesday.
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Srinagar prepares to contain COVID-19 Omicron variant, sets up free, paid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 7 (ANI): In the wake of rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, the Union Territory government has taken necessary steps to contain the spread of the virus that include the constitution of free and paid quarantine services for the
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Omicron scare: 12 among 318 people who returned from abroad "untraceable"
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], December 7 (ANI): At least 12 people are untraceable out of 318 people who have returned from foreign countries to the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation area of Maharashtra's Thane. This comes amid rising concerns over the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron.
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Colombia to ban entry for those not vaccinated against COVID-19: President
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], December 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombia's authorities will require all adults entering the country to have a vaccination passport confirming full coronavirus vaccination from December 14 onwards, President Ivan Duque said.
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BTS to take long vacation to spend time with family
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 7 (ANI/Global Economic): Some members of K-pop supergroup BTS returned to Incheon International Airport on December 6 after the world tour concert in Los Angeles.
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IMF chief calls on global cooperation to control pandemic, support economi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Monday called on global cooperation to control the COVID-19 pandemic and support the economic recovery as the new Omicron variant has spread to over 40 countries aro
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Japan reports first Japanese to be infected with COVID Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] December 7 (ANI): Japan reported its first case of a Japanese national infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the third case in the country on Monday, reported Kyodo News.
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All 9 Omicron variant patients in Rajasthan's Jaipur are asymptotic: CMHO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 7 (ANI): All the nine Omicron COVID-19 variant patients in Rajasthan's Jaipur are asymptotic, said Dr Narottam Sharma, Chief Medical Health Officer, Jaipur on Monday.
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Karnataka deploys IAS, IPS officers to tackle Omicron COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 6 (ANI): As Karnataka reported two Omicron variant cases, the state government has done a rejig of the bureaucracy.
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