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5 people with recent travel history to UK quarantined in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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Kin of passengers arriving from UK create row at Amritsar airport over man
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], December 22 (ANI): Kin of passengers who have arrived from the United Kingdom at the Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport in Amritsar on Tuesday created a ruckus after the government made COVID test mandatory for those coming from the UK.
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Mutation in coronavirus not likely to affect vaccine development: CSIR DG
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom (UK), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Tuesday said that the mutation in the coronavirus will not affect vaccine developme
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Covid-19 testing lab team doubled at IGI Airport for passengers arriving f
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): In the wake of the government's directive to conduct mandatory RT-PCR testing for all passengers and crew arriving from the United Kingdom, the organisation tasked with conducting Covid-19 tests at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Genestrin
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Farmers' unions to write to UK MPs to stop Boris Johnson from visiting Ind
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): With the protests at Delhi's borders showing no signs of slowing down, farmers' unions on Sunday said they would write to members of UK Parliament to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from visiting India for the Republic Day celebrations until their dema
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Nepal restricts entry of UK passengers amid new Covid-19 strain
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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, 3 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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Air India waives penalties for rescheduling bookings for UK, Oman, Saudi A
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Air India on Tuesday waived all penalties for one-time rescheduling, cancellation, rerouting for bookings for UK, Oman, Saudi Arabia between December 22 and 31.
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UK virus strain a "Super-Spreader" has 70 pc increased transmissibility ra
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus strain
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the new mutated version of the virus that's recently been found in the United Kingdom and other countries, CNN reported.
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Equity indices in the red, Reliance slips by 1 pc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 22 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were in the negative zone during early hours on Tuesday as countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain due to fears about a new strain of coronavirus.
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