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WHO urges all to refer virus variants by their scientific names
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): After several media reports referred to B.1.617 variant as 'Indian Variant', the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday clarified that it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported from.
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Harsh Vardhan to hold meeting with health ministers of states lagging behi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday will hold a meeting with the health ministers of some states that are lagging behind in COVID-19 vaccination.
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Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India, detected in 44 countries, s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday informed that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October last year, had been detected in sequences uploaded "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions".
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FIR lodged against Chandrababu Naidu for creating fear over N440K strain o
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu at Guntur's Arundalpet police station for allegedly causing fear among people about N440K variant of novel coronavirus.
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Vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against In
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics "continue to be effective" against the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19.
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Liquor shops allowed to open in Varanasi for few hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Liquor shops opened in Varanasi on Tuesday for few hours amid restrictions imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, as varia
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The coronavirus variant B1617 first identified in India last year has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Monday.
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Kejriwal urges Centre to increase monthly supply of Covid vaccines, fix un
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urging to increase the monthly supply of vaccines to the national capital.
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NHRC directs Odisha Chief Secretary to rehabilitate people displaced due t
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the Odisha Chief Secretary on Sunday to take appropriate measures to compensate, rehabilitate and resettle people affected in Koraput district due to different projects.
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Ludhiana-based steel company increases oxygen production for delivering to
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): A Ludhiana-based steel company named Vardhman Steels Ltd has come forward to assist the state government amid the second wave of COVID-19 by increasing oxygen production and delivering it to hospitals.
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DRDO's anti-COVID 2-DG drug effective against different variants: DRDO sci
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)'s new anti-COVID drug, just approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is effective against different variants of the coronavirus and helps in bringing patients out of oxygen support, sa
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Harsh Vardhan urges citizens to not skip second dose of COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Reiterating the importance of full protection through two Covid Vaccine doses, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday appealed to all citizens to get the second dose which boosts the immunity against Covid manifold, adding that 53,25,000 doses will
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