New B.1.1.529 Variant
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"Stop Flights From Countries Hit By New Variant": Arvind Kejriwal To PM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday morning urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop all flights from countries reporting cases of the new coronavirus strain - B.1.1.529, or Omicron.
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PM's Meeting Today On Covid Amid Concerns Over New Strain 'Omicron'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting, attended by top government officials, on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country.
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New Covid Strain Named Omicron, Classified As "Variant Of Concern" By WHO
The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it Omicron.
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Delta Still Dominates As More Covid Variants Emerge
A new variant of Covid-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans and a scramble to determine vaccine efficacy.
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Too Early To Know If New Covid Variant Needs New Vaccine: EU Medical Body
The EU's drug regulator said on Friday that it was closely monitoring the new B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, but it was too soon to tell if updated vaccines would be needed.
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Genome Sequencing Panel "Closely Tracking" New Covid Variant: Official
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is closely tracking the new variant of Covid - B.1.1.529 - and its presence has not been detected in the country yet, officials said on Friday.
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WHO Cautions Against Travel Curbs As New COVID-19 Variant Raises Alarm
The WHO on Friday cautioned against imposing travel restrictions due to the B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, saying it would take weeks to understand the implications of the newly discovered strain.
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BioNTech And Pfizer Expect New Variant Impact Data "Within 2 Weeks"
Germany's BioNTech said Friday it was urgently studying how well the coronavirus vaccine it developed with Pfizer protects against the new B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa.
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New Variant Puts South Africa At Risk Of Global Shut Out
South Africa's recovery from its deepest economic contraction in almost three decades risks being derailed by the identification of a new coronavirus variant that prompted several European nations to ban travel to and from the country
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WHO Meet Today To Assess 'Most Heavily Mutated' New COVID-19 Variant
WHO is monitoring the new Covid variant B.1.1.529 first detected in South Africa and will hold a "special meeting" today to discuss if the heavily mutated strain will become a variant of interest or a variant of concern, a top official said.
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"Stop Flights From Countries Hit By New Variant": Arvind Kejriwal To PM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday morning urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop all flights from countries reporting cases of the new coronavirus strain - B.1.1.529, or Omicron.
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PM's Meeting Today On Covid Amid Concerns Over New Strain 'Omicron'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting, attended by top government officials, on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country.
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New Covid Strain Named Omicron, Classified As "Variant Of Concern" By WHO
The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it Omicron.
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Delta Still Dominates As More Covid Variants Emerge
A new variant of Covid-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans and a scramble to determine vaccine efficacy.
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Too Early To Know If New Covid Variant Needs New Vaccine: EU Medical Body
The EU's drug regulator said on Friday that it was closely monitoring the new B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, but it was too soon to tell if updated vaccines would be needed.
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Genome Sequencing Panel "Closely Tracking" New Covid Variant: Official
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is closely tracking the new variant of Covid - B.1.1.529 - and its presence has not been detected in the country yet, officials said on Friday.
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WHO Cautions Against Travel Curbs As New COVID-19 Variant Raises Alarm
The WHO on Friday cautioned against imposing travel restrictions due to the B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, saying it would take weeks to understand the implications of the newly discovered strain.
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BioNTech And Pfizer Expect New Variant Impact Data "Within 2 Weeks"
Germany's BioNTech said Friday it was urgently studying how well the coronavirus vaccine it developed with Pfizer protects against the new B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa.
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New Variant Puts South Africa At Risk Of Global Shut Out
South Africa's recovery from its deepest economic contraction in almost three decades risks being derailed by the identification of a new coronavirus variant that prompted several European nations to ban travel to and from the country
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WHO Meet Today To Assess 'Most Heavily Mutated' New COVID-19 Variant
WHO is monitoring the new Covid variant B.1.1.529 first detected in South Africa and will hold a "special meeting" today to discuss if the heavily mutated strain will become a variant of interest or a variant of concern, a top official said.
