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Omicron scare: Night curfew in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu till Dec 31The order cited the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's recent advisory to all the states and UTs "for rigorous screening and testing o...02 Dec, 2021, 11.01 PM IST- WHO issues guidelines to countries amid Omicron fearsCalling on countries to refrain from imposing blanket travel bans amid rising Omicron fears, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said t...01 Dec, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
- Omicron: Why the WHO designated it a variant of concernThe World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is ...30 Nov, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
- Govt says intensifying effort to sequence travelers from high risk countries to OmicronThe government has been keeping a track of the evolving situation with the emergence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 (B.1.1529) whic...28 Nov, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
- PM Modi seeks review of plan to relax global travel curbsThe directive came at a two-hour-long intensive review meeting to discuss the state of preparedness and the status of the vaccination drive...28 Nov, 2021, 07.57 AM IST
- Majority of Indians surveyed want govt to reconsider decision on international flightsConducted immediately after the government announced the resumption of scheduled international flight services, which remain suspended sinc...27 Nov, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
- INSACOG closely tracking new COVID-19 variant, presence not yet detected in India: OfficialsThe Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is closely tracking the new variant of COVID-19 called B. 1.1.529 and its presence has ...26 Nov, 2021, 06.50 PM IST
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw sounds alarm on Twitter as new variant of Covid-19 triggers panic across the worldShaw added an article along with her tweet mentioning details on the new Covid strain.26 Nov, 2021, 06.23 PM IST
- Israel reports its first confirmed case of new B.1.1.529 coronavirus variantIsrael's Ministry of Health has confirmed that the newly discovered variant of coronavirus, i.e., B.1.1.529 has been identified in the coun...26 Nov, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
- Centre issues fresh advisory to states, UTs over new Covid variantIn a letter address to additional chief secretary/principal secretary/secretary (Health) of all states and union territories, Union Health ...26 Nov, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
- B.1.1.529: What we know about the new Coronavirus variant that’s rocking markets across the worldFears a new strain could fuel outbreaks in many countries, straining health systems, potentially evading vaccines and complicating efforts ...26 Nov, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
- BioNTech/Pfizer expect new variant impact data 'within 2 weeks'Germany's BioNTech is studying how well the coronavirus vaccine it developed with Pfizer protects against the new B.1.1.529 variant detecte...26 Nov, 2021, 05.14 PM IST
- WHO says will take several weeks to understand new variant"Researchers are working to understand more about the mutations and what they potentially mean for how transmissible or virulent this varia...26 Nov, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
- No case of B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant reported in India so far: Official sourcesNewly identified COVID-19 variant --- B.1.1.529 --- is causing an increase in new COVID-19 infections in South Africa.26 Nov, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
- Hong Kong detects new COVID-19 variant in people with travel history to South AfricaHong Kong has detected a newly identified COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529. which is causing an increase in new Covid-19 infections in South Afr...26 Nov, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
- India to tighten COVID-19 testing for tourists amid new variant B.1.1.529 concerns"This variant is reported to have a significantly high number of mutations, and thus, has serious public health implications for the countr...26 Nov, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
- New coronavirus variant a ‘serious concern’ in South AfricaThe new discovery, called B.1.1529 until a Greek letter is assigned, carries an unusually large number of mutations and is “clearly very di...25 Nov, 2021, 11.33 PM IST
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