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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries that are starting to lift Covid-19 measures to do so in a steady and slow way, as recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world. “Since the Omicron variant was first identified just 10 weeks ago, almost 90 million cases […]
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New Delhi: Even as reports emerge of a new lethal variant called ‘NeoCov’ that requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells, doctors on Saturday advised people not to panic. NeoCoV has been discovered by scientists from the Wuhan University in China in a bat population in South Africa. While it has only been known […]
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According to scientists from the Wuhan University in China, NeoCov can penetrate human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2.
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Hyderabad: We have heard of people who oppose covid vaccination, we have heard of people willing getting infected with coronavirus to escape getting vaccinated, but this instance takes the cake and perhaps will remain on top of the list of those refusing to getting vaccinated, even if their life is at stake. Media in the […]
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Hyderabad: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure as public anger festers over reports of a series of rule-breaking Downing Street parties that took place while the rest of the country was in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. He is accused of misleading the public and parliament about drinks parties that took […]
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Moscow: The way the novel coronavirus pandemic is developing suggests that the virus will never go away completely, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Sunday. The virus will circulate as an endemic disease, TASS news agency quoted Vujnovic as saying on the Soloviev Live YouTube channel. “Coronavirus is on its way to becoming […]
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Amaravati: The steady increase in COVID cases in Andhra Pradesh is a cause for concern. For the second consecutive day, over 4,000 new cases were recorded during the past 24 hours. According to a bulletin of the Medical and Health department here on Friday, of the 39,816 samples examined during the period, 4,528 had tested […]
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New Delhi: India saw a single day jump of 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. There has been a 4.83 per cent increase in Omicron […]
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Conducting elections in the midst of a massive surge in coronavirus infections could be a daunting task. The coming round of Assembly polls in five States, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, may well be the first elections in India without any physical rallies. Given the bitter experience of the previous round of Assembly polls last […]
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New Delhi: Amid the rise of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, health experts on Saturday warned that this variant may lead children to witness more problems as compared to the Delta variant. According to experts, the Omicron variant can be more lethal for children as this variant primarily affects the upper respiratory tract and […]
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New York: The way Miami’s Caleb Martin sees things, he’s lucky. He just missed seven games while completing the NBA’s health and safety protocols related to the coronavirus, the worst of his symptoms being a couple days of fatigue. And when looking at the still-rising numbers of positive tests around the league right now, Martin […]
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Ohio (US): A new study has found that SARS-CoV-2 has been hiding from the immune system by spreading from cell to cell. The research has been published in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal’. “It’s basically an underground form of transmission,” said lead author Shan-Lu Liu, a virology professor in the Department […]
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Beijing: China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi’an following a spike in coronavirus cases. The measure comes just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympics in Beijing, roughly 1,000 kilometers (6,210 miles) to the west. There was no word […]
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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday confirmed the second case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the state. The Omicron positive patient is a 39-year-old international traveller from Kenya. While speaking with ANI, Dr Hymavati, the Director of Andhra Pradesh’s Public Health Department, said, “A 39 years old foreign traveller came from Kenya to […]
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Warangal: The first case of Omicron variant of the Coronavirus was reported in Hanamkonda, Warangal on Friday. A 40-year-old woman, who returned from the UK on December 2, has tested positive for the new variant, said District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) Dr K Lalitha Devi. “She has been shifted to Telangana Institute of Medical […]
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Puducherry: The coronavirus induced lockdown has been extended in the union territory of Puducherry till January 2, 2022. The state executive committee (SEC) of the Disaster Management Committee here announced the extension of the lockdown on Wednesday night. A release from the SEC said although the number of new COVID-19 cases were coming down in […]
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London: The UK has seen its first death from Omicron, even as the latest variant of the coronavirus is expected to comprise 50 per cent of the cases in London by Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. “Sadly yes, Omicron is producing hospitalisations and sadly at least one patient has been confirmed to […]
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New York: Some ancestral rodents likely had repeated infections with SARS-like coronaviruses, leading them to acquire tolerance or resistance to the pathogens, raising the possibility that modern rodents may be reservoirs of SARS-like viruses, according to a new study. In the study, researchers at the Princeton University in the US, performed an evolutionary analysis of […]
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It isn’t yet clear what specific advantage these mutations confer to AY4.2 that aids its spread. However, in terms of its severity, it is still as potent as Delta.
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Ljubljana: Slovenia on Wednesday suspended vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus jab while it probes the death of a 20-year-old woman, as thousands started gathering for a protest against vaccination in the small European Union nation. The suspension will be in place until experts examine whether there is a link between the woman’s death […]
