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"More Contagious" Covid XE Variant Found In Mumbai: 5 Key Points
The first case of the new Covid variant XE was today reported from Mumbai, the city's civic body said. The new variant appears to be 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.
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COVID-19 Antibody Discovered That Can Neutralise All Known SARS-CoV-2 Strains, Claim Researchers
Molecular Biology Consortium based at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) claims to have discovered an antibody that can neutralise all known SARS-CoV-2 strains, including the new mutants.
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Double Mutant Strain In 10 States, Delhi Has UK Variant Too: Sources
Strains of the Covid virus in India with "double mutations" have been found in patients in 10 states and this could be responsible for rising infections and a faster spread in these states, top sources in the Union Health Ministry told NDTV.
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6 Cases Of UK Mutant Virus In Kerala For 1st Time, More In Other States
Kerala today reported six cases of the mutant coronavirus strain that was first confirmed in the UK. All six who have tested positive had returned from the UK after December 14, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja told reporters.
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India Extends UK Flight Ban Till January 7 Over Mutant Coronavirus
The Indian government on Wednesday extended the suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom till January 7 amid alarm over the new highly contagious strain of the coronavirus.
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Can Tackle New Virus Variant By Staying Cautious, Say Scientists
Standard defense mechanisms such as masks, sanitisation and physical distancing will work to contain the coronavirus strain detected in six people who came from the UK, scientists said on Tuesday, giving assurance that the mutant is not clinically more severe and there is no need to worry.
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India Steps Up Mutant Coronavirus Tests For International Travellers
Genome sequencing will be conducted on all international passengers who were symptomatic and tested positive for Coronavirus in the last 14 days, the government said after six people tested positive for the super-infectious UK strain of the virus today.
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India's Covid Task Force Preps Plan To Detect, Contain Mutant Coronavirus
The government has formed a genomic surveillance consortium called INSACOG, under the leadership of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), for laboratory and epidemiological surveillance of circulating strains of the novel coronavirus in the country.
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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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22 On UK-India Flights Coronavirus Positive, Samples Sent For Advanced Test
At least 22 people who came to India from the UK in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19 amid alarm over a mutant strain of the coronavirus that is believed to be more contagious and was first identified in Britain.
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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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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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Health Ministry Meet Today After Mutant Coronavirus Spreads Rapidly In UK
The Health Ministry has called a meeting todayof its joint monitoring group on COVID-19 to discuss a mutant coronavirus that has spread rapidly in the UK, government sources have said. Several European nations have banned flights to and from Britain.
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F9, A Quiet Place 2, 3 Disney Movies Delayed Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
F9 — better known as Fast & Furious 9 — has become the latest culprit of the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of opening May 22, F9 will now release April 2, 2021. A Quiet Place II, Mulan, The New Mutants have been delayed indefinitely.
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"More Contagious" Covid XE Variant Found In Mumbai: 5 Key Points
The first case of the new Covid variant XE was today reported from Mumbai, the city's civic body said. The new variant appears to be 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.
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COVID-19 Antibody Discovered That Can Neutralise All Known SARS-CoV-2 Strains, Claim Researchers
Molecular Biology Consortium based at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) claims to have discovered an antibody that can neutralise all known SARS-CoV-2 strains, including the new mutants.
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Double Mutant Strain In 10 States, Delhi Has UK Variant Too: Sources
Strains of the Covid virus in India with "double mutations" have been found in patients in 10 states and this could be responsible for rising infections and a faster spread in these states, top sources in the Union Health Ministry told NDTV.
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6 Cases Of UK Mutant Virus In Kerala For 1st Time, More In Other States
Kerala today reported six cases of the mutant coronavirus strain that was first confirmed in the UK. All six who have tested positive had returned from the UK after December 14, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja told reporters.
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India Extends UK Flight Ban Till January 7 Over Mutant Coronavirus
The Indian government on Wednesday extended the suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom till January 7 amid alarm over the new highly contagious strain of the coronavirus.
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Can Tackle New Virus Variant By Staying Cautious, Say Scientists
Standard defense mechanisms such as masks, sanitisation and physical distancing will work to contain the coronavirus strain detected in six people who came from the UK, scientists said on Tuesday, giving assurance that the mutant is not clinically more severe and there is no need to worry.
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India Steps Up Mutant Coronavirus Tests For International Travellers
Genome sequencing will be conducted on all international passengers who were symptomatic and tested positive for Coronavirus in the last 14 days, the government said after six people tested positive for the super-infectious UK strain of the virus today.
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India's Covid Task Force Preps Plan To Detect, Contain Mutant Coronavirus
The government has formed a genomic surveillance consortium called INSACOG, under the leadership of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), for laboratory and epidemiological surveillance of circulating strains of the novel coronavirus in the country.
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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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22 On UK-India Flights Coronavirus Positive, Samples Sent For Advanced Test
At least 22 people who came to India from the UK in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19 amid alarm over a mutant strain of the coronavirus that is believed to be more contagious and was first identified in Britain.
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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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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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Health Ministry Meet Today After Mutant Coronavirus Spreads Rapidly In UK
The Health Ministry has called a meeting todayof its joint monitoring group on COVID-19 to discuss a mutant coronavirus that has spread rapidly in the UK, government sources have said. Several European nations have banned flights to and from Britain.
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F9, A Quiet Place 2, 3 Disney Movies Delayed Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
F9 — better known as Fast & Furious 9 — has become the latest culprit of the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of opening May 22, F9 will now release April 2, 2021. A Quiet Place II, Mulan, The New Mutants have been delayed indefinitely.
