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UK COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across US, may soon become dominant
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The mutated coronavirus variant, which was originally discovered in the United Kingdom and is found to be more contagious, is rapidly spreading across the United States and may become the dominant strain in many states as soon as by March, a new study s
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AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Afric
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Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 (ANI): South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the COVID-19 variant first identified there, CNN reported citing South African health officials on Sunday (
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France begins distributing AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid UK variant warni
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Paris [France], February 7 (ANI): France began distributing the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -- first identified in the UK - could be dominant in the country by March.
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Japan registers 11 cases of UK coronavirus variant
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Tokyo [Japan], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said it has detected the UK coronavirus variant in 11 more people, including six children under the age of 10, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Friday.
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Philippines detects 8 more cases of new coronavirus strain
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Manila [Philippines], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines has detected an additional eight cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant first found in Britain, bringing the total confirmed cases of the new strain in the country to 25.
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US confirms over 600 coronavirus variant cases
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Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) reported at least 618 cases of coronavirus variants across 33 states, CNN reported citing US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
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Germany detects new coronavirus variant linked to Norway, Luxembourg in Ha
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Berlin [Germany], February 5(ANI/Sputnik): A new coronavirus variant, known as B.1.1.6 and previously identified in Norway and Luxembourg, was detected for the first time in Germany, in the central city of Halle, Mayor Bernd Wiegand said on Thursday.
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England tests door-to-door in hunt for new COVID-19 variant
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London [UK], February 3 (ANI): Door-to-door coronavirus testing is being rolled out in parts of England in an attempt to stem the outbreak of a more contagious variant discovered in South Africa.
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UK researchers suggest 1 dose of Pfizer vaccine not enough to kill S Afric
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London [UK], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Not administering the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus on time may result in some elderly people contracting the South African mutated variant, according to lab test results obtained by the Cambridge University research
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Colombia's COVID-19 deaths top 54,000
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Bogota [Colombia] February 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia reported 289 more deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 54,272, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said Monday.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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First cases of UK strain of COVID-19 registered in Palestine's Bethlehem
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Ramallah [Palestine], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two cases of a highly infectious variant of COVID-19 first identified in the United Kingdom have been reported in Palestine, in the province of Bethlehem, governor Kamel Hmeid said on Saturday.
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