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Reports of 12 suspected patients of Omicron variant of COVID-19 expected b
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said that the genome sequencing reports of the 12 suspected patients of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will start coming by the weekend.
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J-K LG directs health officials, advises people to be more proactive in vi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 4 (ANI): In view of Omicron being declared as a 'Variant of Concern' by the World Health Organization (WHO), Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in Jammu and Kashmir and discussed preventive measures to be
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Gujarat man found infected with Omicron variant of COVID-19 'stable', say
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India] December 4 (ANI): A 72-year-old man who arrived from Zimbabwe and tested positive with COVID-19 new variant Omicron is in isolation and is stable, confirmed Dr Sourabh Paridhi, District Collector, Jamnagar.
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Fourth case of Omicron in India, 33-year-old Maharashtra man tests positiv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI): A 33-year-old man from Maharashtra's Kalyan-Dombivli who recently returned from South Africa has been found positive for the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, informed the State Health Department on Saturday.
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Omicron variant now confirmed in ten US states
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant have been reported by health officials in five additional US states today, bringing the total number of states with confirmed infections to ten.
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Omicron variant detected in 4 more US states, bringing total to 9
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant have been reported by health officials in four additional US states on Friday, bringing the total up to nine states with confirmed infections.
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Omicron variant: Former Puducherry CM requests PM Modi to allow booster do
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], December 4 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow booster dose for people jabbed with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Fully prepared to fight Omicron variant of COVID-19, says Haryana Health M
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], December 3 (ANI): Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the State Health Department has been fully vaccinated to fight the new Omicron variant of Coronavirus.
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Omicron detected in 38 countries but Delta remains dominant COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of COVID-19 response at WHO's Emergency Diseases Unit, said on Friday that the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been identified in 38 countries, but Delta remains the dominant variant of COVID-19, reported Sputni
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South-East Asia Region should strengthen COVID-19 response measures to cur
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3 (ANI): As India confirmed two cases of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Friday said that countries in South-East Asia Region should further strengthen COVID-19 response measures to curtail the spread of the virus and its variants.
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Large population in India has 'hybrid immunity,' favourable factor against
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A large section of India's population has "hybrid immunity" against COVID-19 and the "strong" resistance it entails is a positive factor in view of emergence of Omicron variant of the virus, a senior scientist has said.
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Kazakhstan suspends air traffic with Egypt over Omicron variant from today
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan is suspending flights to Egypt starting Friday in an effort to prevent the emergence and spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Civil Aviation Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development sa
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