"covid-19-variant"

Designated a variant of interest by the WHO, it rapidly spread to 41 countries.

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that the country does not have equipment to detect Omicron, adding that it has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide testing machines for the new fast-spreading Covid-19 variant. Both Pakistan and Iran, the two countries that share borders with Afghanistan, have confirmed cases of the new […]

I urge Hon'ble PM to stop flights from those countries which are affected by new variant. With great difficulty, our country has recovered from Corona.

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday asked all States and Union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travellers coming from or transiting through South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana, where a new COVID-19 variant of serious public health implications has been reported. In a letter to additional chief secretaries or principal […]

Earlier, Uttar Pradesh also reported two cases of this variant after genome sequencing of 109 samples.

Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi are among the 11 countries targeted by Delta.

Indonesia saw its number of confirmed new cases climb to nearly 10,000 a day on Wednesday, an increase blamed on travel during last month's Eid al-Fitr holiday.

One M Subbaiah from Kurnool town has registered a complaint against Naidu, stating that he has created fear among the people of Kurnool.

Minister Carolina Darias says the cases were two separate outbreaks discovered by health officials in recent days.

France last week stepped up virus controls for travellers arriving from India as well as some other countries where variants are spreading.

In India, more than 350,000 infections were reported within 24 hours on Monday, more than any country has reported in that timespan.

The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the vaccine is effective against coronavirus variants carrying the N501Y and E484K mutations.

Pubs and bars not serving "substantial meals" must close, alongside casinos and betting shops, while people have also been told to avoid unnecessary travel.