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Japan mulls lifting coronavirus state of emergency as strain on healthcare
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Tokyo [Japan], March 17 (ANI): Japanese officials are thinking about lifting the coronavirus state of emergency currently in place for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures, as the strain on the healthcare system is easing, reported NHK World on Tuesday.
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Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
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Beijing [China], March 15 (ANI): During the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists have found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses, with four of them related to the strain that causes COVID-19, within a 4 km radius in southwestern China.
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Japan intends to limit number of arrivals to 2,000 per day amid COVID-19
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Tokyo [Japan] March 12 (ANI/Sputnik) The Japanese government intends to introduce a daily limit on the number of people arriving in the country, including Japanese nationals and foreigners, to 2,000 to control the possible spread of new coronavirus strains and ensure the effectiveness of
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Chinese vaccine CoronaVac might prove ineffective against Brazil's P1 COVI
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Sao Paulo [Brazil], March 11 (ANI): Amid an aggressive spread of the new COVID-19 strain from the Amazon in Brazil, a recent preliminary study has provided evidence that China's CoronaVac, the country's principal vaccine, might prove ineffective against the coronavirus variant.
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Study maps full evolutionary journey of hospital superbug
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Cambridge[UK], March 9 (ANI): Researchers during a new study discovered that antibiotic treatment and modern hospitals alone don't create the antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria that are seen today. Instead, it was the selection pressure prior to the widespread use of antibiotics that i
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Japan reports 1,065 new COVID-19 cases, 439,981 in total
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Tokyo [Japan], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 1,065 to reach 439,981 as of Sunday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
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Indore confirms 6 cases of UK COVID-19 variant
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): Out of 100 COVID-19 positive samples sent to the National Lab in Delhi from Indore, six samples has been found positive with the UK strain of coronavirus.
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UK, South Africa, Brazilian Covid strain cases in India now at 242
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New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases with UK, South Africa and Brazil variants in the country is now at 242, the government said on Thursday.
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New COVID-19 strains not 'more infectious', need to aggressively monitor s
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New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): With two new strains of Covid-19, one each from the UK and Brazil, confirmed in a number of states, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that vaccines will be able to control the spread of coronavirus and lessen the mortality rate.
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New COVID-19 strains detected in India, UK strain highly transmissible, sa
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Chandigarh, [India] February 24 (ANI): New COVID19 strains have been detected in India and the UK strain is highly transmissible, said Jagat Ram, Director of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on Wednesday, cautioning that all possible precautions must be ta
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Rise in Covid-19 cases due to 'casual and careless' behaviour of people: I
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 22 (ANI): As many as 96 samples of coronavirus patients have been sent to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi and 4 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to identify the strain of COVID-19, amid th
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Pakistan slams France's anti-radicalism bill, warns of 'serious repercussi
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Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): In remarks that may worsen the already-strained ties between Islamabad and Paris, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Sunday asked the political leadership of France "not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslims into laws", warning that su
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