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US nurse tests COVID-19 positive days after receiving Pfizer vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): An ICU nurse in San Diego, who had received Pfizer Inc vaccine's shot against COVID-19 on December 18, has tested positive for the virus.
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Pakistan's coronavirus death toll crosses 10,000 mark
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30 (ANI): With 55 COVID-19 related deaths reported in the last 24 hours, Pakistan's tally of fatalities has crossed 10,000 mark, Geo News reported citing National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) data.
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Punjab to send 5 pc of total positive samples per week to IGIB, NCDC to ch
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 30 (ANI): The Punjab Government has decided to send 5 per cent of total positive samples per week to Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other premier institutes to check new mutated strain
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Yearender 2020: Sports a welcome relief in difficult year with 'taxing but
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged 2020 and while efforts to contain the spread of the virus are still on, people across the globe are looking at taking baby steps towards normalcy with an eye on safety protocols.
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20 persons in India found with new mutant variant of SARS- CoV-2 virus rep
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A total of 20 persons in India have been found with the mutant variant of SARS- CoV-2 virus reported from the United Kingdom, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COV
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], December 30 (ANI): Observational clinical research of COVID-19 patients can help clinicians better understand how the previously unknown SARS-CoV-2 virus acts, and findings from recent research can better inform treatment and vaccine design.
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EU demands release of whistleblower of Wuhan virus
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 29 (ANI): The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) on Tuesday demanded that Beijing free citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
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Number of visitors to be scaled down for Republic Day parade due to COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The government is likely to scale down the number of visitors at the Republic Day parade 2021 to avoid overcrowding and ensure social distancing amid the COVID-19 outbreak and concerns over the new virus strains.
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Pilots' association writes to Air India for details of UK virus strain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Indian Commercial Pilots' Association has written to Air India Director (Operations), demanding information regarding the new COVID-19 variant.
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Non-judicious use of therapies for COVID-19 leads to virus mutations: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Non-judicious use of therapies that have not been established for COVID-19 treatment are responsible for putting "immune pressure on virus" and leads to virus mutations, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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No evidence that vaccines will not work against new COVID-19 variants: Cen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccines will work against new variants of the virus detected in the UK and South Africa and there is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against these coronavirus variants, Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advis
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Symptomatic, Covid positive passengers who flew to India in last 14 days t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Those international passengers who have arrived in India during the last 14 days, if symptomatic and tested positive, will be subjected to genome sequencing, in view of the new COVID strain in the United Kingdom, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday
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