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Vaccinated passengers may not need RT-PCR report for domestic travel, disc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Central government is mulling over a mechanism to enable hassle-free domestic air travel and to do away with the mandatory RT-PCR report for those passengers who have received both jabs of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Vietnamese nationals board 'rescue flights' to leave Japan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 6 (ANI): As many as 300 Vietnamese nationals, including trainees and students, on Saturday boarded two 'rescue flights' to their home country.
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UK reports another 5,765 coronavirus cases as govt continues to mull easin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain on Saturday reported another 5,765 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government continues to consider whether or not to go ahead with the final step of easing restrictions on June 21.
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World Environment Day: Namami Gange volunteers distribute plants, carry ou
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, a team from Namami Gange on Saturday distributed tulsi plants to people living near the river Ganga and carried out a cleanliness drive.
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Delta variant prime suspect in COVID-19 cases across Varanasi: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi has collaboratively sequenced genomes of coronavirus variants in Varanasi and adjoining areas and have come across at least seven major strains of
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'Super infectious' Delta variant reason behind second Covid wave: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): A study has revealed that the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is "more infectious" and is also the reason behind the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR Society on Friday
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society on Friday at 11 AM via video conferencing.
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Vietnam's suspicious coronavirus variant not hybrid strain: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], June 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspicious coronavirus variant detected in Vietnam is part of the existing Delta strain and not a new hybrid mutation, a World Health Organization official said.
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Foreign Secretary Shringla extends wishes to Canadian envoy Nadir Patel as
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday extended his best wishes to Canadian High Commissioner Nadir Patel as he departs from India after more than six years from his post.
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Harsh Vardhan completes tenure as WHO Executive Board Chairperson
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday successfully completed his tenure as the Chairperson of Executive Board of World Health Organization.
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Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs amid COVID-19: Har
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): As Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan completed his tenure as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, he said that there is no scope for industries to stick to intellectual property rights (IPR) of COVID-19 vaccines and that o
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Vietnam's new COVID-19 hybrid variant 'replicating quickly'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], June 2 (ANI): Vietnam's 'very dangerous' new COVID-19 hybrid variant may be fuelling its worst outbreak so far as it is replicating quickly.
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