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Fourth Case of Omicron Reported from Kalyan-Mumbai

December 4, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Within minutes of India confirming the third case of Omicron variant in the country with a Zimbabwe NRI having carried the infection from his adopted country to Jamnagar in Gujarat, the fourth case was reported from Kalyan near Mumbai, also of an international traveler. A 33-year-old man from Maharashtra who travelled […]

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Third Case in India: Omicron has Entered Gujarat

December 4, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 4: After Karnataka, Gujarat has emerged as the second state in the country where Omicron variant of Covid-19 has recorded entry. A 72-year old Non-Resident Indian, who landed in Jamnagar from his adopted country Zimbabwe, has tested positive for Omicron variant, the third case in India after two cases detected […]

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12 Persons with Suspected Omicron Infection Admitted in Delhi Hospital

December 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Twelve persons who arrived on international flights in the last three days have been admitted in a Delhi hospital on suspicion of them being infected by Omicron variant. Their samples have been sent for genome testing to confirm whether they are infected with the Omicron strain. All are at the Lok […]

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“Severity of Omicron is Anticipated to be Low:” Health Minister

December 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Even as the centre assured the people in the country that the severity of Coronavirus infections due to the emergence of the new variant Omicron was expected to be “low,” the Indian genome scientists have recommended a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccines for those above 40 years with preference to […]

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Omicron Could be 500% More Infectious than Delta: Govt Cautioned

December 2, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 2: As India’s active Covid-19 caseload for the first time fell below the one lakh mark after breaching the line barrier in June 2020, the government on Thursday cautioned that the new Omicron variant could be 500 per cent infectious than the previous Delta. Addressing a routine press conference on […]

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Roving Periscope: Europe had Omicron before SA; spreads to 23 nations

December 2, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Exactly two years after the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, that sinking feeling has gripped the world once again with Omicron, the latest variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, dramatically spreading to over two dozen countries within a week of its detection, and forcing […]

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Covid-19: Omicron spreads to 12 countries, reaches Japan on Tuesday

November 30, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Omicron, the new, potentially more contagious Covid-19 variant than Delta, has now spread to a dozen countries, with Japan becoming the latest on Tuesday, although no deaths because of the deadly strain have so far been reported, after its detection on November 24 in South Africa. So far, they have […]

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Covid-19: Ominous Omicron poses “very high” global risk, says WHO

November 29, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global health watchdog World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that the Omicron variant may spread internationally, posing a “very high” global risk and said the fresh Covid-19 surges could have “severe consequences” in some areas, prompting several countries to ban international travels, reimpose restrictions, as sports bodies cancelled or […]

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New Covid Variant Not Detected in India: Govt

November 26, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 26: The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has so far not detected the presence of the new variant of Covid-19 called B.1.1.529 in India, officials said on Friday. The INSACOG was closely tracking the new variant detected in South Africa was feared to have a high amount of spike mutations. The South African […]

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Covid-19: Sensex sinks to 57k, SA has new strain as Israel weighs emergency

November 26, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Fears of a new, deadly strain of coronavirus in South Africa, over 170 MBBS fully vaccinated students catching Covid-19 in Karnataka, and reports from Jerusalem that Israel is considering the imposition of emergency because of fresh infection, reflected on world markets on Friday, including in India where Sensex sank 1,687 […]