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Covid-19: Will vaccines stop omicron? Scientists are racing to find out
As nations severed air links from southern Africa amid fears of another global surge of the coronavirus, scientists scrambled to gather data on the new Omicron variant
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US does not impose new Omicron testing for passengers from southern Africa
Starting Monday, the United States will bar most foreign travelers from South Africa and seven other southern African countries in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron variant
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Covid-19 'variant of concern': What we know and don't know about Omicron
South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus that they say is behind a recent spike in Covid-19 infections in Gauteng, the country's most populous province
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Omicron: How the new Covid-19 variant was found and what we know so far
Hunting for variants requires a concerted effort. South Africa and the UK were the first big countries to implement nationwide genomic surveillance efforts for SARS-CoV-2 as early as April 2020.
Bihar CM asks health officials to be on guard against new Covid variant
He called for keeping a close watch on those coming to the state from abroad and quick testing of samples if anybody presented symptoms
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Omicron: RT-PCR test must for passengers coming from 'at-risk' countries
This test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey
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Third Omicron case detected in UK, face masks compulsory from Tuesday
"People should continue with their plans as normal for Christmas, I think it's going to be a great Christmas," said Javid
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Omicron alert: Regular international flights' return under review
The Union health ministry has asked states to ramp up health infrastructure, testing, and genome sequencing activities
Omicron's threat
New variant should shake up Indian vaccine complacency
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New Covid-19 variant: Antivirals hold the key as mutations surface
Antivirals do not specifically target only the spike protein but the other parts of the virus, too
States up vigil to fight Omicron variant, tough scrutiny at major airports
The Centre has directed all states to ramp up health infrastructure, enhance testing and surveillance in light of the Omicron variant
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Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai sees 217 new cases and four deaths
With 33,462 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Mumbai went up to 1,24,69,732
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Dutch find 61 Covid cases among S.Africa passengers, looking for new strain
The cases were discovered among around 600 passengers who arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on two flights on Friday
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New variant serious threat, govt should provide vaccine security: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over the new coronavirus variant and asked the government to provide vaccine security to the people of the country
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Covid vax likely to be effective against new Omicron variant: S Africa
The currently available vaccines against Covid-19 appear to be effective against the newly detected omicron Covid variant, South Africa's health minister has said.
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DATA STORY: India logs 8,318 cases; global active tally crosses 20 mn-mark
India has so far administered 1,210,658,262 vaccine doses. That is 3502.68 per cent of its total caseload, and 86.54 per cent of its population
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DATA STORY: India logs 9,283 cases in 24 hours; 69,165 added in 7 days
India has so far administered 1,184,423,573 vaccine doses. That is 3429.55 per cent of its total caseload, and 84.67 per cent of its population
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DATA STORY: India logs 10,549 cases in 24 hours; 65,808 added in 7 days
India has so far administered 1,202,703,659 vaccine doses. That is 3480.5 per cent of its total caseload, and 85.97 per cent of its population
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Too early to call new Covid variant more lethal, transmissible: ICMR
The variant has not been detected in India yet
No case of new coronavirus variant detected at Delhi airport: Lab
Passengers coming from 'at-risk' countries have to give their samples at the airport for RT-PCR testing, according to the Union Health Ministry's rules
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