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Schools reopen in Nepal as third wave of COVID weakens
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 13 (ANI): Nepal reopened schools on Sunday amid a weakening third wave of COVID infection, after a month of virtual classes fueled by the Omicron variant.
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Japan's COVID-19 advisory panel approves extension of emergency measures a
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government's advisory panel on COVID-19 measures has approved the extension of quasi-emergency restrictions currently in place in 13 prefectures that are set to expire on Sunday amid concerns over a new virus sub-variant.
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'There may be need for yet again another boost': Fauci on fourth COVID boo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): White House Chief Medical advisor Antony Fauci hinted that there may be the need for the fourth-dose boost in the United States to battle with COVID-19 variant Omicron, adding that the booster could be based on age, as well as underlying conditions of the
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65 per cent of people with hybrid immunity neutralised Omicron variant of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 10 (ANI): Hybrid immunity is effective in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, reveals the study conducted by Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, a rheumatologist and medical director at CARE Hospital in Kochi.
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Researchers develop computer model to show ways to curb COVID-19 spread
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ontario [Canada], February 9 (ANI): Technology has proved to be a major source of hope in the global fight against COVID-19. In wake of this, researchers at the University of Waterloo created the first computational model that simulated many variables affecting the transmission of COVID-19 t
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SK Bioscience to develop COVID-19 Omicron-specific vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 9 (ANI/Global Economic): As the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which is now the most dominant strain in the world, rapidly spread in Korea, SK Bioscience also started developing Omicron-specific vaccines.
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RT-PCR remains the gold standard of testing to detect COVID-19: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): With Omicron BA.2 sub-variant being hard to track, experts have said that RT-PCR still remains to be the 'gold standard' of COVID-19 testing.
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Genetically informed atlases in brain reveal new landscapes about its stru
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 8 (ANI): A locus in genetics indicates the physical location of a gene or variant on a chromosome. The plural for it is loci. Now, an international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci.
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PM Modi slams Rahul Gandhi over remarks concerning industrialists, says so
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks comparing expansion and growth of some businesses in the country to that of COVID-19 variants and said “some people take pleasure in scaring entrep
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Iran's daily COVID-19 caseload nears 40,000
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Monday reported 39,819 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 6,619,085.
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Flip phone with outward display patented by Motorola
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): Motorola, which was one of the earliest companies to launch a foldable smartphone, has not done anything in the segment, in nearly 1.5 years since the Moto Razr and its 5G variant launched.
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India's daily COVID-19 cases drop below 1 lakh mark after one month, repor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): COVID-19 third wave in the country seems to have weakened with fresh infections recorded in the last 24 hours dropping below one lakh mark for the first time, after almost a month. The COVID cases had begun to show a significant rise following the emer
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