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First case of new coronavirus strain registered in Oman
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Omani medical workers have identified the first case of a new strain of coronavirus in a foreigner permanently residing in the Sultanate who has arrived from the UK, the Omani Ministry of Health said in a statement.
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'UK' coronavirus variant detected in 41 Countries/Territories: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The 'UK' coronavirus variant had been detected in 41 countries/territories, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
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Boris Johnson speaks to PM Modi, regrets inability to attend Republic Day
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had a telephone conversation with his British counterpart Boris Johnson in which the latter regretted his inability to attend forthcoming Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest "in view of the changed COVID-19
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Ashok Gehlot cautions Centre against resuming flights from UK
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 5 (ANI): Amid the emergence of cases of new COVID-19 strain from the United Kingdom in India, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday urged the central government to reconsider its decision to resume flights from the UK.
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Bharat Biotech MD questions experts' silence over UK trials of Covid-19 va
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Coming down heavily on critics expressing doubts about the Bharat Biotech's indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine COVAXIN, the Hyderabad-based biotech major's managing director Dr Krishna Ella on Monday slammed the critics for targeting Indian clinica
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Six UK returnees in Kerala test positive for new Covid strain
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 4 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Monday said that six persons, who returned from the UK, have been confirmed with multiple spike protein mutations - SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Covid-19: UK citizen from Oxford becomes world's first person to receive A
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UK citizen Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person in the world to be administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the UK National Health Service (NHS) in England said on Monday.
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Ukrainian sailor released in Libya unable to enter Russia without papers
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ukrainian sailor who has recently been released in Libya together with three Russians cannot enter Russia, as he has no papers, the head of the country's Foundation for National Values Protection said on Sunday.
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US not to follow UK's decision to delay second doses of Covid-19 vaccine:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): The United States will not follow the UK's decision to delay the second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, said top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci.
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UK abolishes 'tampon tax' on menstrual products
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 3 (ANI): The UK has abolished the 5 per cent rate of value-added tax (VAT) on menstrual products, known as the tampon tax -- meaning that there will no longer be VAT on period products from January 1 onwards.
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India successfully cultures UK-variant of Sars-CoV-2: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): India has successfully isolated and cultured the UK-variant of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday.
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UK returnees to be tested for COVID on arrival between Jan 8 and Jan 30
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): All passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be mandatorily subjected to self-paid RT-PCR tests on arrival at the Indian airports concerned, the health ministry said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Saturday.
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