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Two UK returnees to Indore test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 26 (ANI): Amid concerns about a new strain of COVID-19 found in the United Kingdom (UK), Indore officials have tested 90 people who came to the city from the UK in the past few days out of whom reports have been obtained for 68 persons and two have t
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4 cases of new COVID-19 variant identified in Madrid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): At least four cases of a new COVID-19 variant that recently emerged in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in Spain's Madrid, Antonio Zapatero, a prominent official in the Spanish capital's administration, said on Saturday, adding that there are
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Global coronavirus count surpasses 79 million
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Maryland [US], December 26 (ANI): With no respite from the COVID-19 surge , the global coronavirus caseload has crossed 79 million mark, as per the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
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France registers first case of new strain of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): France has registered the first case of the new strain of the coronavirus that had been firstly detected in the United Kingdom, French media reported.
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New strain of coronavirus detected in 8 European countries
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 26 (ANI): The new strain of the coronavirus has been detected in eight European countries, the regional director of WHO Europe said, adding that World Health Organisation (WHO) is continuing to monitor the situation.
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First case of new Covid-19 strain detected in Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Lebanese health authorities have recorded the first case of a new COVID-19 strain in an individual who arrived from the United Kingdom this week, Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan said on Friday.
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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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7 out of 1,200 people who returned from UK test COVID-19 positive in Telan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 25 (ANI): Seven people out of 1,200 who came from the UK to Telangana since December 9 have tested positive for COVID-19.
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New COVID-19 strain: Hyderabad starts 'Wear a Mask campaign'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 24 (ANI): Telangana organised 'Wear a Mask' campaign in Hyderabad to distribute free masks to the public days after the new strain of coronavirus found in the UK, said G Kishan Reddy Minister of State Home Affairs on Thursday.
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New COVID-19 strain: India temporarily suspends Vande Bharat flights from
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): India has temporarily suspended its Vande Bharat flights from the United Kingdom due to the emergence of new strain of coronavirus, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday.
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France dispatches firefighters with COVID-19 test kits to UK border amid b
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): France has deployed 26 firefighters with thousands of COVID-19 test kits to the port of Dover, a major transit hub between France and the UK, to help accelerate the passage for trucks blocked in the area due to fresh restrictions caused by the new coro
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Separate isolation unit for UK returnee COVID patients at Delhi's Lok Naya
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): In view of the threat posed by the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, the Delhi government on Thursday asked Lok Nayak Hospital to set up a separate isolation unit for passenger who travelled between the UK and India in the past 4 weeks and t
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