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UK Secretary of State for Housing says clearing UK-France border backlog w
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick said on Wednesday that it will take days to clear the backlog of freight trucks stuck in the UK after France agreed to reopen the English Channel route it had temporarily closed over the fear of the new
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Chhattisgarh Government issues guidelines for passengers travelling from U
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 23 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK, the Chhattisgarh Government on Tuesday issued guidelines for passengers travelling from the UK to Chhattisgarh via international flights.
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NZ vs Pak: Sodhi, Guptill pick injuries in 3rd T20I
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Napier [New Zealand], December 23 (ANI): New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Wednesday said that spinner Ish Sodhi and Martin Guptill have picked up injuries during the third T20I against Pakistan. Sodhi has a strain to his left hamstring while Guptill suffered a laceration to the pad of his right
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New Covid strain not detected in samples tested in India: ICMR-NARI
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 23 (ANI): Mutant strain of coronavirus found in the United Kingdom was not seen in the samples tested from various parts of India, Dr Samiran Panda, director of ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) said on Tuesday.
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Kerala Health Minister holds meeting amid concerns over new coronavirus st
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): A high-level meeting chaired by Kerala health minister KK Shailaja was held on Tuesday in the backdrop of the new strain of coronavirus reported in the UK.
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Canada enhances measures to screen travellers from UK
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Canada enhanced measures to screen travellers from the United Kingdom over a new strain of coronavirus concerns, including those arriving from other countries, Canada's Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters on Tuesday.
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5 people with recent travel history to UK quarantined in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 23 (ANI): After the new strain of coronavirus found in the UK, people with recent travel history to the United Kingdom are now quarantined and COVID-19 test results are awaited, according to the official, on Tuesday.
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WHO calls on all nations to report detection of new SARS-CoV-2 strains
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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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Nepal restricts entry of UK passengers amid new Covid-19 strain
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Kathmandu [Nepal], December 22 (ANI): Nepal on Tuesday instructed international airlines to ensure it does not carry passengers originating from or transiting through the United Kingdom until further notice to prevent the spread of a new variant of Covid-19 detected in the European nation, w
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Telangana: 358 passengers from UK being traced amid concerns over new coro
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 22 (ANI): In light of the new strain of the coronavirus that was recently detected in the United Kingdom, as many as 358 travellers who arrived in Hyderabad from the UK are being tracked and identified, G Srinivasa Rao, the state Director of Public
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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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UK virus strain a "Super-Spreader" has 70 pc increased transmissibility ra
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): At a time when India is witnessing a decline in the active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of Covid-19 virus strain in United Kingdom has become a "Super-Spreader" with 70 per cent increased transmissibility rate. However, this mutated and more aggress
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