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‘Omicron’ could spread in England faster than in South Africa: Health and Medical Experts

December 10, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: A senior scientific advisor in the UK warned the world over the new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’, he said: “new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’ may spread faster in the United Kingdom than South Africa.” South Africa reported nearly 20,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record since the Omicron variant was detected. The […]

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The Indian Pharmaceutical Giant ‘SII’ to cut Covishield production by 50 percent

December 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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_Vinayak Barot New Delhi: Amid the rising ‘Omicron’ threat in the world, the Indian pharmaceutical giant Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to cut the covishield vaccine production by 50 percent. Chief Executive officer of SII Adar Poonawalla said that “The Company has decided to cut the production by 50 percent as Company has […]

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Omicron Threat in the UK: Country’s Health Minister confirms community transmission of the variant

December 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: The Health Authority of the United Kingdom on Tuesday detected 101 more cases of the ‘Omicron’ variant, which has raised tension for all the European countries. The UK Health Security agency on Tuesday said that the total cases of omicron variant are the UK is 437. The UK’s health minister told Parliament that […]

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Omicron Threat: IIT scientist predicts the third wave in India in February

December 7, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: A scientist at IIT-Kanpur has expressed concern about the ‘Omicron’ variant which has been reported in many countries including the US, Europe, and some Asian countries. Scientist Manindra Agarwal involved in the mathematical projection of trajectory of COVID-19 said that “The intensity of the third wave of coronavirus is likely to be lower […]

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‘Omicron’ Variant is more Infectious than Delta and Beta Variant: Singapore Health Department

December 6, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: The Singapore Health Ministry has expressed concern over the rising ‘Omicron’ cases across the world. The Singapore Health Ministry has said that “early clinical observations globally suggest that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be more transmissible and have a higher risk of reinfection compared to the Delta and Beta variants of the […]

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Covaxin May be More Effective against Omicron Covid Variant than Other Vaccines: ICMR

December 3, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) officer on a new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’ said that “Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine ‘Covaxin’ may be more effective against the highly-mutating Omicron variant which emerged this past week,” A 66-year-old man who has become one of India’s first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant arrived […]

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Travel Bans over Omicron are ‘Ineffective’ and ‘Unfair’: UN Secretary-General

December 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: Amid the rising concerns over a new variant of Covid-19 ‘Omicron’ in many countries – the UN Secretary-General on Thursday said that “travel bans against certain countries because of the new covid-19 variant are not an effective way and are Unfair,” Consequently, many countries upheld travel bans for travelers from African countries which had […]

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Omicron Threat: India may supply Covid-19 vaccine doses to African Countries

December 1, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: The Government of India may come forward to help the African countries by providing more covid-19 vaccine doses as new covid-19 variant ‘Omicron’ surges there. As countries tighten travel protocols once again, the central government is looking to export a significant portion of Covid-19 vaccines to Africa. According to the sources the government […]

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Seven days Institutional quarantine compulsory for international travellers in Maharashtra

December 1, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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Mumbai: The Maharashtra government made seven days of Institutional quarantine compulsory for international travelers arriving from ‘High-risk’ countries. The international passengers arriving from ‘high-risk’ countries will have to undergo three RT-PCR tests in their 7-day quarantine. The Maharashtra government comes into action after many countries report new covid-19 variant cases in the country.  It was […]

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Covid-19’s ‘Omicron’ variant: CM Arvind Kejriwal urges PM Modi to stop international flights

November 30, 2021 Vinayak Barot

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New Delhi: Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the international flights ‘as soon as possible’ as many nations are taking advance steps to stay safe from a new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’ detected in South Africa. Making an urgent appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister […]

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