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India registers over 12,000 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): India reported 12,923 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of people infected with the virus in the country to 1,08,71,294, informed the Union Health Ministry and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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WHO dismisses 'lab leak' theory of COVID-19 origin in China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 10 (ANI): Following a 12-day visit to China to probe the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, a team of World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday dismissed the theory of a 'lab leak' of the virus.
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Biomaterials and nanotechnology could help lead to virus-fighting surfaces
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists are working toward advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology that could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by making hospital beds or doorknobs naturall
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No case of South Africa variant of COVID-19 found in India so far: NITI Aa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): No case of South African variant of COVID-19 virus has been found in the country so far, said NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday.
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Indian Army demonstrates capabilities of dogs to detect COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): The Indian Army on Tuesday demonstrated the capability of dogs to detect the COVID-19 virus from urine and sweat samples of individuals.
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HIV: An innovative therapeutic breakthrough to optimize the immune system
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Prompted by the need to improve conventional treatments for people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), a team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has identified a therapeutic approach to restore the effectivene
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Seoul may consider purchasing Sputnik V, other vaccines due to new coronav
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said that the South Korean government would likely to consider buying Russia's Sputnik V and other coronavirus vaccines to curb the spread of new virus variants and forestall delays in deliverie
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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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New Ebola case reported in Eastern Congo months after outbreak ends
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Butembo [Congo], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): A new case of the Ebola virus disease was found in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, almost three months after the outbreak ended, media cited the nation's health ministry as saying on Sunday.
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Delhi logs 119 new COVID-19 cases, 6,36,035 in total
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): With 119 new COVID-19 cases reported in the national capital in the last 24 hours, the cumulative count of people infected with the virus has mounted to 6,36,035, health officials said on Sunday.
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China continues to deceive about COVID-19 outbreak, say experts
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): With China reporting just 25 new cases of coronavirus cases on the mainland, experts have accused Beijing of continuing to lie and being opaque about information pertaining to the virus.
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Russia reports 16,627 coronavirus cases, 497 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's COVID-19 response centre reported 16,627 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with 497 patients dying of the virus.
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