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COVID 'Omicron' variant: India to review decision on resumption of schedul
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): In wake of the emergence of the new COVID Variant of Concern 'Omicron', India will review its decision on the effective date of resumption of scheduled commercial international passengers services.
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Behaviour of Omicron variant at 'individual, population level' not known,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): The new strain of COVID-19 has been named as 'variant of concern' based on laboratory and population-based observations and more information is being gathered on how it is behaving "at an individual level and at the population level," a senior ICMR offi
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WHO designates new COVID-19 strain 'Omicron' as 'variant of concern'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation on Friday alarmed the siren among countries after a new variant of COVID-19 has been classified in South Africa, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) said in a statement.
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WHO names new COVID strain from South Africa as Omicron, calls it 'variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as 'Omicron'.
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No new COVID-19 variant of concern has emerged, says Dr NK Arora
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): No new variant of concern (VOC) or variant of interest (VOI) of COVID-19 has emerged in the country, said Dr NK Arora, co-chair of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), on Sunday.
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New COVID-19 variant 'Mu' shows signs of resistance to vaccines: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 2 (ANI): The World Health Organization has said it is closely monitoring the new coronavirus variant named Mu, adding that the 'variant of concern' has shown signs of possible resistance to vaccines.
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Delta variant now dominant in European region: WHO, ECDC warn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant of concern is now the dominant variant in most of Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday.
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COVID-19: Detected across 30 countries, Lambda variant 'deadlier' than Del
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 7 (ANI): A new COVID-19 strain called 'Lambda' is much more dangerous than the Delta variant, said the UK Health Ministry adding that it has been detected in more than 30 countries in the past four weeks.
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Fully vaccinated persons from India can enter Switzerland without COVID te
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): As Switzerland relaxed COVID-related restrictions from June 26, the government's Federal Council of Public Health has informed that persons from countries with a variant of concern like India, who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-1
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Delhi HC to hear only urgent matters via video conferencing till July 23
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): In view of the predicted third wave and considering the threat of Delta Plus, a variant of concern (VoC), the Delhi High Court has decided to adopt a policy of wait and watch and will continue hearing matters through video conferencing till July 23.
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No need to panic, study on vaccine against COVID Delta plus variant is und
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): A study on the effectiveness of the existing COVID-19 vaccine against the Delta Plus variant, which has been notified as a "variant of concern" following its detection in several parts of India, is underway, said Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology, IC
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Apart from Delta, Delta Plus too should be treated as variant of concern:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Although there is no data as of now which shows that the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 is spreading faster than Delta but the former should also be treated as a "variant of concern", said Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, former Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Co
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