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WHO Europe Calls For Intensified Measures Over "Alarming" Covid Variant
The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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Vaccines May Not Work On South Africa's Coronavirus Strain: UK Scientists
Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government.
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361 Passengers From International Flights Quarantined In Mumbai
As many as 664 passengers arrived at the Mumbai international airport on Tuesday and 361 of them were quarantined in the city, a civic official said.
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10 UK Returnees Test COVID-19 Positive In Karnataka: Minister
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said so far 10 people who have come to the state from the UK have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genetic sequencing to find out whether it is a new strain of virus that has infected them.
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2 On UK Flights Test Positive, Flee Delhi, Traced To Andhra, Punjab
Two passengers on UK flights who tested positive on arrival in Delhi this week left isolation centres and reached their hometowns in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab. They have been tracked down and admitted in government facilities amid worries about a fast-spreading mutant strain of the coronavirus found in the UK.
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Mutant Coronavirus Strain A "Super-Spreader", Says Government
At a time when India is witnessing a decline in the active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of COVID-19 virus strain in United Kingdom has become a "super-spreader" with 70 per cent increased transmissibility rate. However, this mutated and more aggressive strain of coronavirus has not been found in India so far, Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI ...
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Fast-Spreading Covid Strain Found In UK Not Seen In India So Far: Centre
A mutated and more aggressive strain of the novel coronavirus - which was first identified in the United Kingdom in September - has not been seen in India so far, the government said Tuesday
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New SOP For UK Arrivals, Separate Isolation For Those With Mutant Strain
RT-PCR testing on arrival, separate isolation of those testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, institutional quarantine for co-passengers of those testing positive: These are some of the salient requirements mentioned in the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the government of India today for travelers arriving from the UK....
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In Delhi, Door-To-Door Survey For Those Who Came From UK In Last 2 Weeks
In an attempt to check spread of a new, more infectious strain of coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom, the Delhi government on Tuesday said it would trace all passengers who have arrived here from the country.
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New Covid Variant In UK "Not Out Of Control": WHO
The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
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Mutant Virus May Be Present In Many Nations: WHO Chief Scientist To NDTV
A mutant strain of the novel coronavirus - first identified in the UK in September and which is rapidly replacing other variations of the virus - may already be present in several countries, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist, told NDTV
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No Evidence Pfizer Vaccine Won't Work Against New Strain: European Agency
The head of the EU's medicines regulator said Monday it appeared the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would protect against a new strain of the coronavirus found mainly in Britain.
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After UK, South Africa Identifies New Covid Strain Causing Surge In Cases
South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, the health minister said on Friday, days after Britain said it had also found a new variant of the virus boosting cases.
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WHO Europe Calls For Intensified Measures Over "Alarming" Covid Variant
The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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Vaccines May Not Work On South Africa's Coronavirus Strain: UK Scientists
Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government.
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361 Passengers From International Flights Quarantined In Mumbai
As many as 664 passengers arrived at the Mumbai international airport on Tuesday and 361 of them were quarantined in the city, a civic official said.
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10 UK Returnees Test COVID-19 Positive In Karnataka: Minister
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said so far 10 people who have come to the state from the UK have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genetic sequencing to find out whether it is a new strain of virus that has infected them.
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2 On UK Flights Test Positive, Flee Delhi, Traced To Andhra, Punjab
Two passengers on UK flights who tested positive on arrival in Delhi this week left isolation centres and reached their hometowns in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab. They have been tracked down and admitted in government facilities amid worries about a fast-spreading mutant strain of the coronavirus found in the UK.
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Mutant Coronavirus Strain A "Super-Spreader", Says Government
At a time when India is witnessing a decline in the active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of COVID-19 virus strain in United Kingdom has become a "super-spreader" with 70 per cent increased transmissibility rate. However, this mutated and more aggressive strain of coronavirus has not been found in India so far, Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI ...
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Fast-Spreading Covid Strain Found In UK Not Seen In India So Far: Centre
A mutated and more aggressive strain of the novel coronavirus - which was first identified in the United Kingdom in September - has not been seen in India so far, the government said Tuesday
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New SOP For UK Arrivals, Separate Isolation For Those With Mutant Strain
RT-PCR testing on arrival, separate isolation of those testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, institutional quarantine for co-passengers of those testing positive: These are some of the salient requirements mentioned in the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the government of India today for travelers arriving from the UK....
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In Delhi, Door-To-Door Survey For Those Who Came From UK In Last 2 Weeks
In an attempt to check spread of a new, more infectious strain of coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom, the Delhi government on Tuesday said it would trace all passengers who have arrived here from the country.
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New Covid Variant In UK "Not Out Of Control": WHO
The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
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Mutant Virus May Be Present In Many Nations: WHO Chief Scientist To NDTV
A mutant strain of the novel coronavirus - first identified in the UK in September and which is rapidly replacing other variations of the virus - may already be present in several countries, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist, told NDTV
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No Evidence Pfizer Vaccine Won't Work Against New Strain: European Agency
The head of the EU's medicines regulator said Monday it appeared the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would protect against a new strain of the coronavirus found mainly in Britain.
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After UK, South Africa Identifies New Covid Strain Causing Surge In Cases
South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, the health minister said on Friday, days after Britain said it had also found a new variant of the virus boosting cases.
