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Brazil registers 134,175 new daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 134,175 COVID-19 cases and 330 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total caseload and death toll to 25,348,797 and 626,854 respectively.
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India's COVID-19 vaccination programme has become Vishwa Guru, says LNJP H
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): After the country achieved the milestone of vaccinating 75 per cent of the country's adult population against COVID-19, MD of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) Dr Suresh Kumar on Sunday said that the country's COVID-19 vaccination programme
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Mandaviya to hold review meet today with 5 states over COVID-19 situation
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will virtually review the COVID-19 situation, public health preparedness as well as response measures being taken in the context of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chha
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Omicron replaces Delta as dominant variant with 67.5 pc positivity rate in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 29 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K on Friday said that statistics show that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has become less dominant which is now replaced by the Omicron variant of the virus as against the second wave in the country when th
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Mandaviya to hold review meeting with 5 states on COVID-19 situation tomor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will virtually review the COVID-19 situation, public health preparedness and response measures being taken in the context of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh o
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Chinese scientists warn of new coronavirus strain NeoCov as studies requir
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia] January 28 (ANI): Chinese scientists have identified the new NeoCov coronavirus strain in bats in South Africa and the possible risks from the strain require further research and assessment, reported Sputnik.
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Afghanistan sees sharp spike in Covid cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 28 (ANI): Airing concern over the sharp increase of patients infected by COVID-19, the doctors on Thursday said that the number of reported patients showing the symptoms of the new COVID-19 variant has risen by 70 per cent within the past week compared to the wee
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No change to ICC Women's ODI World Cup schedule, confirms Tournament CEO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand], January 28 (ANI): The Women's ODI World Cup will take place as per schedule across the six venues in New Zealand, from March 4, tournament CEO Andrea Nelson has said.
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New Zealand reports 105 new community cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 28 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 105 new COVID-19 cases in the community on Friday, including 15 infections with the Omicron variant of the virus, bringing the total tally in the country's current community outbreak to 11,713.
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COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that most of the positive COVID-19 samples, sent for the genome sequencing, are being tested positive for the Omicron variant of the virus while there are fewer Delta variant samples.
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Union Health Minister to hold review meeting today with southern states, U
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a high-level virtual meeting with the health ministers of Southern states', Union territories today at 2.30 pm to review the COVID-19 situation and public health preparedness as well as response measures
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Centre extends COVID-19 restrictions till February 28
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Central Government on Thursday extended the existing COVID-related restrictions in the country till February 28 in view of the rising cases of COVID-19 and Omicron variants.
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