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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 […]

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Hong Kong Hosts 1st Asia Summit on Global Health

November 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) jointly organised the 1st Asia Summit on Global Health (ASGH) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday. Senior government officials, investors, business leaders, academicians, financial and professional service providers, and medical experts of Asia […]

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Centre Allows Commercial Export of Covid Vaccines

November 25, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Considering the availability of sufficient stock in the country, the centre has allowed commercial export of Covishield and Covaxin, official sources said on Thursday. Sources said both the vaccines had sufficient stocks with states and Union Territories as well as with manufacturers. The government, however, has decided to keep a close eye […]

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Covid-19: 50 jabbed medicos in K’taka test positive; Covaxin efficacy up 65% against Delta

November 25, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a fresh spurt in coronavirus infections, nearly 50 fully vaccinated MBBS students have tested Covid-19 positive at a medical college in Dharwad, Karnataka, even as Bharat Biotech has enhanced Covaxin’s efficacy against the Delta variant to 65.2 percent, the media reported on Thursday. About 40 students of SDM Medical […]

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Covid-19: India reports 9119 new cases in last 24 hours

November 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Health Authority of India reported 9119 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The state located in south India – Kerala registered the most fatalities. 10,264 patients recovered from the virus on Wednesday and the country registered 396 deaths in the last 24 hours. The active Coronavirus cases stand at 1,09,940 […]

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Covid-19: Two doses of Covaxin 50% effective, says The Lancet

November 24, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of an additional 700,000 deaths because of surging Delta variant in the Covid-19 afflicted Europe by March 2022, and Germany has observed even fully vaccinated people infected afresh, The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal has said the two doses of Covaxin are 50 […]