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Japan reports 1,065 new COVID-19 cases, 439,981 in total
Updated : 1 day, 9 hours ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 1,065 to reach 439,981 as of Sunday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
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Indore confirms 6 cases of UK COVID-19 variant
Updated : 2 days, 12 hours ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): Out of 100 COVID-19 positive samples sent to the National Lab in Delhi from Indore, six samples has been found positive with the UK strain of coronavirus.
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UK, South Africa, Brazilian Covid strain cases in India now at 242
Updated : 4 days, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases with UK, South Africa and Brazil variants in the country is now at 242, the government said on Thursday.
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New COVID-19 strains not 'more infectious', need to aggressively m
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): With two new strains of Covid-19, one each from the UK and Brazil, confirmed in a number of states, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that vaccines will be able to control the spread of coronavirus and lessen the mortality rate.
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New COVID-19 strains detected in India, UK strain highly transmiss
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Chandigarh, [India] February 24 (ANI): New COVID19 strains have been detected in India and the UK strain is highly transmissible, said Jagat Ram, Director of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on Wednesday, cautioning that all possible precautions must be ta
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Rise in Covid-19 cases due to 'casual and careless' behaviour of p
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 22 (ANI): As many as 96 samples of coronavirus patients have been sent to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi and 4 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to identify the strain of COVID-19, amid th
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Pakistan slams France's anti-radicalism bill, warns of 'serious re
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): In remarks that may worsen the already-strained ties between Islamabad and Paris, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Sunday asked the political leadership of France "not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslims into laws", warning that su
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Russia confirms 1st case of human infection with H5N8 strain of bi
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists from Russia's research center Vector have confirmed the first case of human infection with the H5N8 strain of the influenza A virus, which causes bird flu, the head of the Rostpotrebnadzor consumer rights protection watchdog said.
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Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective agains
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the Unit
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COVID-19: India reports 4 cases of S Africa variant, one Brazil st
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): India has reported four cases of South Africa variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 and one case of Brazil variant strain, the Union Health Ministry informed on Tuesday.
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Results in blood cancer improved by ensuring gut integrity: Study
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): A solitary strain of Bacteroides fragilis altogether diminished graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) by ensuring gut integrity, suggested the findings of a new study led by cancer researchers of Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
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WHO says COVID-19 fatalities in Africa surged amid new variants
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa has spiked as the continent grapples with local transmission of highly contagious strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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