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Omicron variant: Karnataka asks officials to strict implement travel advis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 2 (ANI): The Karnataka government on Wednesday asked the officials of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, District administration and authorities concerned at Airports, ports and land borders to ensure stringent implementation of travel advisory in the
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COVID: US reports first case of Omicron strain
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): The US on Wednesday (local time) reported its first case of the 'Omicron' variant of the COVID-19.
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New COVID variant: Odisha CM holds review meeting
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 2 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a review meeting with senior government officials and district administration on emerging COVID situation due to new variant, said a press release.
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ICAO urges measured, evidence-based approach to air transport restrictions
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Wednesday that it has issued a new bulletin calling on nations to implement a more measured and evidence-based approach to air transport restrictions regarding the coronavirus Omicron v
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South African leader faults imposed travel ban by Western countries follow
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria] December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday faulted the travel ban imposed on his country and sister African nations by some Western countries in the aftermath of the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 by South African scie
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'Toxic mix' of low Covid vaccination, testing rates recipe for amplifying
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): Amid the spread of new coronavirus variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the world has a "toxic mix" of low vaccine coverage and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying va
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Omicron scare: 6 passengers travelling from "at risk" countries test COVID
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday that as many as six passengers travelling from the "at risk" countries have been tested positive for the COVID-19 amid new coronavirus variant Omicron scare.
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Omicron coronavirus variant confirmed in 23 countries: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): The new Omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in 23 countries and their number is expected to rise, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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OECD cuts global economic outlook for 2021 amid coronavirus variant concer
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development revised its global growth forecast for 2021 down to 5.6 per cent over concerns about the impact of coronavirus mutations on the recovery.
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Union Health Secy writes to Maharashtra on COVID-19 guidelines for interna
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid the threat of Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in the country, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has written to the Maharashtra government stating that the state's guidelines on RTPC tests and quarantine of international passe
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Genome sequencing can finally confirm presence of COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): With a rise in the number of countries reporting an increase in cases of Omicron, the "highly transmissible" new COVID-19 variant, India continues to remain on high alert. Passengers travelling from 'high-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19
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Saudi Arabia detects 1st case of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the detection of its first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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