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India successfully cultures UK-variant of Sars-CoV-2: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): India has successfully isolated and cultured the UK-variant of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday.
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Pakistan records over 80 COVID-19 deaths within 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): Amid a worsening Covid-19 situation in Pakistan, 80 people have succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 10,258 here on Saturday.
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Israel vaccinates over 10 per cent of population against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus in Israel has reached more than 950,000, the state's Ministry of Health said on Friday.
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Florida becomes 3rd US state to report new coronavirus variant case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Florida [US], January 1 (ANI): Florida on Friday reported its first case of the new coronavirus strain that was discovered in the United Kingdom (UK), making it the third US state to report the virus variant.
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Japanese PM Suga vows to fight against virus in his New Year's address
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 1 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday vowed to fight against the COVID-19 in his New Year's address.
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China - a year in review and preview
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): 2020 will go down as a year of infamy, headlined by the COVID-19 pandemic. As much as it tries, China cannot evade culpability for initially mishandling the spread of the virus from its Wuhan epicenter. This ongoing health crisis is inextricably linked to China
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India moving towards herd immunity as COVID-19 cases declining, no need to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): India is perhaps moving towards herd immunity as COVID-19 cases are declining and there is no need to panic over the new virus strain found in the United Kingdom because reports suggest that it not as virulent, doctors said at a webinar on Thursday.
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Combating Covid-19: Night curfew in Odisha on New Year's eve
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 31 (ANI): In view of the emergence of a new strain of COVID-19 virus in the United Kingdom, the Odisha government on Thursday issued a night curfew with effect from 10 pm till 5 am. The restrictions will not be applied to essential services.
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New research may explain severe virus attacks on lungs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], December 31 (ANI): In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them
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Study uncovers blood vessel damage, inflammation in COVID-19 patients' bra
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI): In an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patient's brain, National Institutes of Health researchers consistently spotted hallmarks of damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels in tissue samples from patients who died shortly after contr
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Night curfew imposed in Delhi, no new year celebrations at public places
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Ahead of the New Year, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday imposed a night curfew in Delhi, disallowing celebrations and the assembly of over five people at public places in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the new strain of
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New research may explain severe virus attacks on lungs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases.
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