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Visakhapatnam: Amid Omicron scare, some international returnees untraceabl
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 3 (ANI): Amid concerns over COVID-19 new variant 'Omicron', Visakhapatnam District Collector Mallikarjuna said on Friday that some international returnees who might have come to Visakhapatnam from Bengaluru, Chennai or Hyderabad are untraceabl
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Telangana: Woman returned from abroad tests COVID-19 positive, 'Omicron' n
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 3 (ANI): Amid concern over COVID-19 new variant 'Omicron', a woman, who was one of 325 passengers who came from abroad to Hyderabad, tested positive for Covid.
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Karnataka CM to chair high-level meet on Omicron variant today, new SOPs l
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): After two cases of COVID-19 new variant 'Omicron' were reported from Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said detailed SOPs and guidelines will be soon rolled out after a meeting with experts and senior officials scheduled today.
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Delhi: RT-PCR tests, quarantine mandatory for travellers from 6 Omicron-af
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Amid rising concerns due to the new coronavirus variant Omicron, the Delhi government on Monday said RT-PCR tests will be conducted on all passengers arriving from six high-risk countries.
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Do not panic, it is being tracked, checked regularly: CM Bommai on Omicron
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], November 29 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai on Monday asked people not to panic about the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', and suggested them to follow covid precautionary measures strictly.
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PM Modi urges people to stay alert in view of new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged people to stay alert against the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
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Jharkhand Health Minister urges PM Modi to halt international flights in v
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], November 28 (ANI): Amid rising concern about a new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' first detected in South Africa, Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suspend international flights that were recently opened.
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UK registers first 2 cases of new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 7 months ago IST
London [UK], November 27 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Saturday reported first two cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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People coming from new COVID-19 variant affected countries to take RT-PCR
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister, Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday said that the people coming from new COVID-19 variant affected countries has to take RT-PCR after landing in Bengaluru.
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Australia announces border security measures to combat new COVID-19 varian
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt Saturday announced that the government would implement additional precautionary border security measures in response to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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Coronavirus known to mutate, can't lower guards: Expert
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Following the reports of the emergence of a new novel variant of coronavirus in South Africa, a senior consultant of a Delhi Hospital on Friday said the virus is known to mutate and urged people not to lower guards against COVID.
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Delhi CM urges experts to suggest necessary steps in view of new Covid var
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): In view of the threat from a new COVID variant from African countries, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he has requested experts to make a presentation to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and suggested necessary steps in
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