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New COVID-19 strain: Odisha to keep surveillance on UK returnees
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 25 (ANI): In view of the threat posed by the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, the Odisha government on Thursday asked district administrations in the state to keep active surveillance on who returned from United Kingdom (UK) in the last 14 da
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Fluidigm's FDA-EUA Authorized Saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay - Now f
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): It's been a year now since the first few human cases of COVID-19 infection were reported amidst the busy wholesale food market of China's Wuhan city. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, thought to have its origin in Bats, soon spread to caus
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Karnataka govt issues SOPs for night curfew; train, air services permitted
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 24 (ANI): ln the light of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom, the Karnataka Police on Thursday issued the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the night curfew that has been imposed in the state between 11 pm and 5 am,
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UK bans entries from South Africa after new COVID-19 strain different to U
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Thursday has banned the entry of passengers travelling from South Africa after a second new variant of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, allegedly originating from South Africa was found in the country, said the Department of Transport.
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Research reveals compromised transfer of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies th
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): Recent analyses indicate that pregnant women and newborns may face elevated risks of developing more severe cases of COVID-19 following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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India issues SOPs for surveillance of new variant of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): In the wake of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom, Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at the point of entry and in the community for all international passengers who have trave
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Mutation in coronavirus not likely to affect vaccine development: CSIR DG
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom (UK), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Tuesday said that the mutation in the coronavirus will not affect vaccine developme
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WHO calls on all nations to report detection of new SARS-CoV-2 strains
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends all countries to increase genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 viruses whenever possible and report if new strains of the coronavirus that raise concerns are detected, WHO representative to Russia Mel
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Passengers who transited through UK in last 4 weeks to declare travel hist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has issued standard operating procedure (SOP) for epidemiological surveillance and response in the context of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom (UK) in which it has stated that all international
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Spain calls for common EU response to mutated UK coronavirus strain amid b
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Spanish government has called on the European Union to agree on a common strategy of response to the mutation of SARS-CoV-2, the discovery of which in the United Kingdom prompted many EU countries to shut their borders with the former fellow mem
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No serious adverse effect due to the COVAXIN vaccine reveals interim findi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): No serious adverse effect related to the vaccine has been reported by COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152) COVAXIN, the interim finding from the phase 1 clinical trial of COVAXIN has stated which has now been published in the pre-print version on Monday.
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Latest study could help future therapies to sway COVID-19 virus
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): Study published in the journal cell online revealed that by targeting a single protein cell which appears essential for SARS-CoV-2 to replicate could control the spread of the virus.
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