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Strategies for cleansing indoor air essential to reducing virus spread
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
California [US], September 22 (ANI): Indoor air hygiene and building engineering controls will be essential in limiting the spread of airborne, highly contagious COVID-19 variants, together with vaccinations, masks, and testing.
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Omicron strains 20-30 pc more infectious: INSACOG to review data of genom
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants on Friday, said sources.
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India unlikely to witness fourth wave unless new COVID-19 variant reported
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): An upward trend in new COVID-19 cases continued in India on Thursday, with the country recording more than 7,000 new cases in the last 24 hours noting which a top expert has warned that India is unlikely to experience the fourth wave unless a new COVID-19
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Covid-19: BA.5 variant found in another patient in Pune
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 7 (ANI): A woman was found positive for B.A.5 Covid-19 variant in Pune, informed the officials on Tuesday.
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Top scientist feels closure of schools not imperative as Omicron is mild t
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): With the rising concerns around the safety of students amid the fear of possible another fourth wave due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the top scientist clarified that the Omicron is mild than other variants and it will be unjustified to shut down scho
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India is now better prepared to fight any Covid-19 variant, says SII's Ada
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): As some countries are presently reporting higher COVID-19 cases, Chief Executive Officer of Serum Institute of India (SII) Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said that India is better prepared to face it now than it was in 2020.
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COVID-19 variants will keep on occurring, nothing to panic about, says Dr
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): New COVID-19 variants will keep coming, however, the new variants aren't causing severe diseases or increasing the number of cases said Chairman of the COVID-19 working group of India, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr NK Aror
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Omicron BA.2 will not cause another COVID-19 surge, says expert
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): As India reports a high number of Omicron BA.2 cases, a top Health Expert has said it is not a cause of concern because it will not lead to another COVID-19 surge in the country.
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'There may be need for yet again another boost': Fauci on fourth COVID boo
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): White House Chief Medical advisor Antony Fauci hinted that there may be the need for the fourth-dose boost in the United States to battle with COVID-19 variant Omicron, adding that the booster could be based on age, as well as underlying conditions of the
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SK Bioscience to develop COVID-19 Omicron-specific vaccine
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 9 (ANI/Global Economic): As the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which is now the most dominant strain in the world, rapidly spread in Korea, SK Bioscience also started developing Omicron-specific vaccines.
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PM Modi slams Rahul Gandhi over remarks concerning industrialists, says so
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks comparing expansion and growth of some businesses in the country to that of COVID-19 variants and said “some people take pleasure in scaring entrep
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COVID-19 Omicron variant lung damage 'milder than Delta in animals': Study
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 31 (ANI): Studies conducted by a group of international researchers on Monday said that the COVID-19 variant Omicron causes less severe symptoms in the lungs of hamsters than the Delta variant.
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