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Reports of 12 suspected patients of Omicron variant of COVID-19 expected b
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said that the genome sequencing reports of the 12 suspected patients of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will start coming by the weekend.
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Kerala: Man who returned from UK on Nov 21, tests COVID positive; sample s
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], December 4 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a traveller from the United Kingdom who landed in Kerala tested COVID-19 positive.
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18 fliers from at-risk countries tested positive for COVID-19, samples sen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya said on Friday that RT-PCR tests have been done of 16,000 passengers from 'at risk' countries and 18 samples have been sent for genome sequencing to determine if they have Omicron variant of the virus or not.
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5 contacts of 46-year-old Omicron infected person test COVID positive, gen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 2 (ANI): As many as three primary contacts and two secondary contacts of the 46-year-old Karnataka man who was found infected with the Omicron variant, have also tested positive for the COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for further genome seque
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4 COVID-19 patients from 'at-risk' countries admitted to Delhi hospital sh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Eight people travelling from 'at-risk' countries, of which four tested COVID positive, were admitted to Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital on Wednesday, as their samples were sent for genome sequencing to detect if the samples are positive
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Genome sequencing can finally confirm presence of COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): With a rise in the number of countries reporting an increase in cases of Omicron, the "highly transmissible" new COVID-19 variant, India continues to remain on high alert. Passengers travelling from 'high-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19
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Sequencing results of Delhi travellers for Omicron awaited
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The genome sequencing of four Covid-19 positive international travellers is awaited to ascertain if they carried the Omicron variant when they landed in Delhi on Wednesday.
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We are preparing for diagnosis, gene sequencing of 'Omicron' variant on la
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital has a capacity of processing 100 samples for gene sequencing in a day, a senior doctor said on Tuesday.
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Omicron: Passenger from Zambia tests positive for COVID in Pune, genome se
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 30 (ANI): Amid the scare of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, a person who returned to Pune from Zambia on November 25 has tested positive for the COVID-19.
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Maharashtra: A South Africa returnee tests positive for COVID; samples wil
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 29 (ANI): A person, who returned from South Africa to Dombivli, has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, said the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC).
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Sequencing respiratory viruses provides new insight on coinfections
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): With mask-wearing and social distancing on the decline and the cold and flu season upon us, researchers have developed a viral panel that has enabled the simultaneous testing for SARS-CoV-2 along with other common respiratory viruses, that tells whether oth
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Study reveals strains of acnes that promote skin health
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): Recent advances in gene sequencing have shown that differences in the genetic background between strains of bacteria might lead to differing roles in the skin.
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