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Policy on booster, additional COVID-19 vaccine doses in two weeks, says Dr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): With the emergency of new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', COVID-19 task force chairman Dr N K Arora said that a comprehensive policy on the booster and additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be announced in two weeks.
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Mizoram reports 94 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], November 29 (ANI): Mizoram reported 94 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 3,900, informed the state health bulletin on Monday.
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Study finds herpes checks into the nervous system to last long
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Illinois [US], November 28 (ANI): Herpes type 1 or herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is a disease that hibernates in the peripheral nervous system and can never be eradicated. A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered the virus's sneaky strategy for infecting the nervous system, openi
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Israel temporarily closes borders to prevent spread of Omicron COVID strai
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel is banning the entry of foreigners for two weeks in order to prevent the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett informs.
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Karnataka CM chairs meeting over rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): In view of concerns about the new variant of COVID-19 virus, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai chaired a meeting on Saturday in which instructions were given to increase vigil on the state's borders.
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Delta variant of COVID-19 found in two persons who returned to Karnataka f
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): Two persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday after reaching Bengaluru from South Africa, have been found positive for delta variant of the virus.
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Actor Tanishaa Mukerji tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 27 (ANI): Actor Tanishaa Mukerji, on Saturday, shared on social media that she has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus.
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Uncommon for unborn babies to contract COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 27 (ANI): According to a study led by UCL researchers with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the NIHR Great Ormond Street Biomedical Research Centre, it is only possible for an unborn baby to contract Covid-19 if their gut is exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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New Covid variant: PM Modi asks officials to review plans for easing inter
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Highlighting the need for monitoring all international arrivals in the view of the new Covid variant Omicron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked officials to review plans for easing international travel restrictions in light of the emergin
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Need to be proactive in light of new Covid variant, says PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting with top officials on Covid-19 and said that we need to be proactive in light of the new variant while laying emphasis on the precautions to contain the virus.
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Researchers take new approach to fight against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Durham [UK], November 27 (ANI): For a normal person, the loops, kinks and folds in the single strand of RNA that makes up the coronavirus genome might look like a bowl of spaghetti. However, to researchers like Amanda Hargrove, who is a chemistry professor at Duke University, the complex sha
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Coronavirus known to mutate, can't lower guards: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Following the reports of the emergence of a new novel variant of coronavirus in South Africa, a senior consultant of a Delhi Hospital on Friday said the virus is known to mutate and urged people not to lower guards against COVID.
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