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France confirms 8 Omicron variant cases: Health agency
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has reached eight, the French public health agency said.
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Telangana: Woman returned from abroad tests COVID-19 positive, 'Omicron' n
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 3 (ANI): Amid concern over COVID-19 new variant 'Omicron', a woman, who was one of 325 passengers who came from abroad to Hyderabad, tested positive for Covid.
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Three international travellers test positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the scare of the new COVID-19 variant Omricron, a total of 861 international passengers who arrived in Maharashtra, until Thursday morning were tested with RT-PCR, and three of them have been found positive, said the Public Health Departme
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First Omicron case detected in Greece, national health service
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The first Omicron variant case of COVID-19 has been detected in Greece, and the man is quarantined, Head of National Public Health Organization EODY Theoklis Zaoutis said at a briefing on Thursday.
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Mexican President pledges to make public health care free before 2024
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that before the end of his term which terminates in 2024, he is set to provide citizens with completely free health care services.
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Mansukh Mandaviya to chair meeting with States on airport screening, surv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday will chair a meeting with the States on airport screening and surveillance with Airport Public Health Officials (APHOs) and Port Health Officials (PHOs), informed the official sources.
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6 travellers from S Africa, other 'high-risk' countries test COVID positiv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 30 (ANI): Six passengers who arrived from South Africa or other high-risk countries have tested positive for COVID-19, the state's public health department said on Tuesday.
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Centre reviews preparedness to deal with COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Union Health Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level meeting on Tuesday with officials from States and Union Territories to review COVID-19 public health response measures and preparedness amid reports of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in various cou
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J-K chief secretary asks admin officials to ensure universal COVID testing
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 30 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta on Monday chaired a meeting of the COVID Task Force to review the public health response to COVID-19 and asked the divisional and district administrations to ensure universal testing o
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Omicron strain found in 13 people arriving in Netherlands from South Afric
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Thirteen people who arrived in the Netherlands from South Africa tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment said on Sunday.
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COVID Omicron variant: WHO asks countries in South-East Asia Region to be
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases globally and detection of new variant of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Saturday appealed to countries in South-East Asia Region to scale up surveillance, strengthen public health and social measures,
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WHO designates new COVID-19 strain 'Omicron' as 'variant of concern'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation on Friday alarmed the siren among countries after a new variant of COVID-19 has been classified in South Africa, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) said in a statement.
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