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"It Was Scary": How South African Scientists Spotted Omicron Variant
On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.
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Omicron Has Reached At Least 13 Countries Despite Travel Curbs
The omicron variant, first sequenced in South Africa, has been identified in at least 12 other countries.
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Gujarat Mandates RT-PCR Testing For Certain Nations Over New Variant Concerns
The Gujarat government today mandated RT-PCR testing for travellers landing at the airport from a host of countries, including South Africa, as growing concern over the new Covid variant Omicron takes over the globe.
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South Africa Scientists Monitor New COVID-19 Variant With High Mutation Rate
Scientists in South Africa are monitoring a new coronavirus variant with an unusually high mutation rate, and whose frequency has gradually increased in recent months, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said Monday.
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Biden To Ban South Africa Travel To Combat New Covid-19 Variant: Report
President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-US citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told Reuters.
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102 Cases Of New UK Coronavirus Strain Detected In India So Far: Centre
The number of people in India who have tested positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus has climbed to 102, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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South Korea Detects First Coronavirus Variant Cases
Three cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in South Korea, health authorities said Monday.
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"It Was Scary": How South African Scientists Spotted Omicron Variant
On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.
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Omicron Has Reached At Least 13 Countries Despite Travel Curbs
The omicron variant, first sequenced in South Africa, has been identified in at least 12 other countries.
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Gujarat Mandates RT-PCR Testing For Certain Nations Over New Variant Concerns
The Gujarat government today mandated RT-PCR testing for travellers landing at the airport from a host of countries, including South Africa, as growing concern over the new Covid variant Omicron takes over the globe.
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South Africa Scientists Monitor New COVID-19 Variant With High Mutation Rate
Scientists in South Africa are monitoring a new coronavirus variant with an unusually high mutation rate, and whose frequency has gradually increased in recent months, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said Monday.
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Biden To Ban South Africa Travel To Combat New Covid-19 Variant: Report
President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-US citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told Reuters.
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102 Cases Of New UK Coronavirus Strain Detected In India So Far: Centre
The number of people in India who have tested positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus has climbed to 102, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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South Korea Detects First Coronavirus Variant Cases
Three cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in South Korea, health authorities said Monday.
