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South Korea reports its first cases of new coronavirus variant
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has confirmed the first three cases of the new coronavirus strain in the country, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
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Jordan confirms first two cases of new COVID-19 variant linked to UK
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two positive tests for a new coronavirus strain linked to the UK have been confirmed in Jordan, the country's health minister, Natheer Obeidat, told the Petra news agency on Sunday.
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Uttarakhand health department asks CMOs to trace UK returnees for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 27 (ANI): Uttarakhand health department has written to all the 13 Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) of the state regarding containment of UK variant of coronavirus and asked them to trace the foreign returnees and monitor their health for 28 days.
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2 cases of new coronavirus variant registered in Canada
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two cases of the new coronavirus strain that emerged in the UK earlier this month have been confirmed in Canada, Ontario authorities announced in a statement.
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Ontario confirms first two cases of UK coronavirus variant in Canada
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], December 27 (ANI): The first two cases of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in Canada.
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4 cases of new COVID-19 variant identified in Madrid
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): At least four cases of a new COVID-19 variant that recently emerged in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in Spain's Madrid, Antonio Zapatero, a prominent official in the Spanish capital's administration, said on Saturday, adding that there are
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Guidelines to prevent, contain spread of mutant variant of coronavirus soo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 26 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday said that the state Health Department will discuss matters concerned with prevention and containment of new variant of coronavirus and come up with the guidelines regarding the same.
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Philippines logs 1,885 new COVID-19 cases, President to convene meeting ov
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Friday reported 1,885 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the country to 467,601.
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New COVID-19 strain: Odisha to keep surveillance on UK returnees
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 25 (ANI): In view of the threat posed by the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, the Odisha government on Thursday asked district administrations in the state to keep active surveillance on who returned from United Kingdom (UK) in the last 14 da
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Karnataka govt issues SOPs for night curfew; train, air services permitted
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 24 (ANI): ln the light of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom, the Karnataka Police on Thursday issued the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the night curfew that has been imposed in the state between 11 pm and 5 am,
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Separate isolation unit for UK returnee COVID patients at Delhi's Lok Naya
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): In view of the threat posed by the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, the Delhi government on Thursday asked Lok Nayak Hospital to set up a separate isolation unit for passenger who travelled between the UK and India in the past 4 weeks and t
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UK bans entries from South Africa after new COVID-19 strain different to U
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Thursday has banned the entry of passengers travelling from South Africa after a second new variant of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, allegedly originating from South Africa was found in the country, said the Department of Transport.
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