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Single dose of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine may protect against asymptomatic in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], February 26 (ANI): New research suggests a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine can protect against asymptomatic coronavirus infection, which could help reduce transmission of the virus.
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Maharashtra: 229 children found COVID-19 positive in Washim hostel
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washim (Maharashtra) [India] February 25 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases surge in Maharashtra, 229 school students and three staff members were found positive for the virus at a hostel in the Washim district of the state, said district authorities.
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Japanese WHO expert voices skepticism on China's theory 'virus intruded' i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): A Japanese expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), who visited Wuhan as part of the investigative team to look into the origins of COVID-19, has voiced skepticism on China's stance that the virus had originally entered the country from abroad throug
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India detects two new variants N440K and E484Q of COVID-19: Health Ministr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Even as the country's COVID-19 trajectory is declining, India has detected two new variants of the virus-- namely N440 K and E484Q in Maharashtra and Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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COVID antibodies are transferred from pregnant women to their babies
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggested that antibodies that help in guarding against the COVID-19 virus are transferred from mothers to their babies while in the womb.
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Coronavirus outbreak reported in Chinese community in Cambodia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 21 (ANI): An outbreak of coronavirus has been reported in the Chinese expat community in Cambodia with most of the 32 people, who tested positive for the virus recently are Chinese nationals, local media reported.
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Japanese Encephalitis controlled in UP, says Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government and the state health department together have successfully controlled Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) in the state, said Yogi Adityanath on Sunday.
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Govt mulling night curfew in Maharashtra as COVID-19 cases surge: State Mi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 21 (ANI): In view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray government is contemplating imposing a night curfew to curb the virus, State Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar informed on Sunday while adding
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Russia confirms 1st case of human infection with H5N8 strain of bird flu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists from Russia's research center Vector have confirmed the first case of human infection with the H5N8 strain of the influenza A virus, which causes bird flu, the head of the Rostpotrebnadzor consumer rights protection watchdog said.
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COVID-19 variant N440K spreading more in southern states: CSIR-CCMB
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) said there is emerging evidence that coronavirus variant N440K is spreading "a lot more" in southern states in the country.
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Philippines logs 1,901 new COVID-19 cases, two virus mutations detected
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], February 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Friday 1,901 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the Southeast Asian country's total tally to 557,058.
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COVID-19: After WHO's probe in Wuhan, China calls for origin tracing in US
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Following the World Health Organisation's (WHO) remarks on the origin of coronavirus in China's Wuhan city, Beijing has now urged the global health body to do an origin-tracing study of the virus in the United States.
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