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The ministry officials also claimed that India has become the fastest country in the world to achieve the 4 million milestone in just 18 days.

Hyderabad: A foreign returnee from Hyderabad with a travel history has tested positive for the new Covid strain (B 117) of United Kingdom on Thursday. The samples of the international traveller were sent to Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for genomic analysis. Overall, five samples of individuals with a history of international […]

"Two cases are related to the first case in Saratoga County. An additional case in Nassau County was confirmed that appears to be unrelated," he added.

In a set of passenger advisory guidelines, the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Friday said that passengers will have to upload their negative RT-PCR test report via 'Air Suvidha Portal' on the airport's

The ban on flights to the UK was lifted on January 6. 30 flights will operate each week - 15 each by Indian and UK carriers. This schedule will continue till January 23, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had informed earlier.

Although Gibraltar is small, it is strategically important because of its location, standing only 12 miles from the north coast of Africa.

Flight services between the two countries were suspended on December 22 in the wake of a more infectious coronavirus strain found in UK's population. Th services will resume on January 6.

Operations till January 23 will be restricted to 15 flights per week each for carriers of two countries to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad only, said Aviation Minister

With this, the total number of Covid positive cases with the new UK strain in the State has reached two

Hyderabad: One more person, who has travelled from United Kingdom (UK) and reached Telangana after December 9, has tested positive for Covid-19. With this, the total number of UK travellers who came back to the State after December 9 and tested Covid positive, has reached 21, Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao […]

British PM’s proposed visit provides an ideal opening for Modi to initiate discussions for a free trade deal

The samples of these individuals were sent to CCMB for genome sequencing to ascertain whether they are infected with the new strain of the coronavirus

Adilabad: District authorities have sounded alert in the wake of a new strain of novel coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom. Even as the positive cases of the novel coronavirus were drastically coming down, the spread of the variant of the deadly virus reported in the UK created a flutter in the erstwhile Adilabad district. […]

Karimnagar: Authorities have traced 16 persons who travelled from United Kingdom to Karimnagar recently. Alert district medical and health department officials traced them and collected their samples for the Corona test. Samples were sent to Hyderabad. There was an element of tension in the town after news spread that people returned from United Kingdom which […]

Senior health officials including the district surveillance officers have noted that there is no massive surge in cases of Covid-19, which would have been the case if the new strain of coronavirus had entered here into the community.

"Though there is no chance of a second wave, people should be alert and protect themselves against Covid-19 during the winter season," the Minister said in an interaction with mediapersons in Veenavanka mandal.

Health Department teams have already identified 358 travellers who reached Hyderabad directly from UK between Dec 15 and 22

Genome sequencing to ascertain its presence in India

Apart from further strengthening its Covid-19 surveillance activities at RGIA, the Health Department will also track individuals who have reached Hyderabad from UK in the last one week

The expansion in sourcing will include helping develop new suppliers in categories such as food, pharmaceuticals, consumables, health and wellness, and general merchandise, along with apparel homeware and other key Indian export categories.