In the emerging information on the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus circulating in the UK, a mutation has been of particular concern. The variant, called VUI 202012/01 and reported to be capable of transmitting faster between people, is defined by up to 14 mutations and three deletions in its …
Read More »Sixteen UK returnees test positive for Covid-19 in Telangana
Hyderabad: Sixteen of the 926 people in Telangana with a history of travel to the UK tested positive for Covid-19. Health authorities are still trying to locate 274 people who returned from the UK after 9 December. According to the director of public health G Srinivasa Rao, the 16 people …
Read More »Arya Rajendran to become India’s youngest mayor of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala | India News
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI (M) chose Arya Rajendran, 21, as its candidate for mayor after the district committee and the party’s state committee approved her candidacy. She is a first-time director of the Mudavanmugal division of the Thiruvananthapuram corporation. Arya Rajendran is a Bachelor of Mathematics student and is a member …
Read More »No new cases in Mumbai Dharavi for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak
Coronavirus: Dharavi in Mumbai Has Not Reported COVID-19 Cases for the First Time Since Outbreak Bombay: Not a single case of COVID-19 has been reported in Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, for the first time since the pandemic hit India earlier this year. Health workers and researchers have given their …
Read More »Cold Storage Testing to Manage the Crowd: The Center’s Test Before the Covid-19 Vaccine Launch
The Center has chosen eight districts in four states of Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to assess the readiness of the established mechanism for the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The two-day test will take place on December 28 and 29, authorities said. “The trial is being …
Read More »South Africa rejects claim that its Covid variant is more dangerous than the UK strain
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s health minister has rejected the claim of his British counterpart that a new variant of the coronavirus in the country is more contagious or dangerous than a similar one in the UK spread. “At present, there is no evidence that the 501.V2 (variant) is more transmissible than …
Read More »Arya Rajendran, 21, elected the country’s youngest mayor by Thiruvananthapuram
He initially thought it was a joke from some of his college friends, but a call from the Communist Party of India (CPI-M) district secretary set the record straight for All Saints College’s second year undergraduate math degree. : Arya. Rajendran (21). The party has entrusted him with a coveted …
Read More »10 UK returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Karnataka: K Sudhakar
The minister said that some 2,500 people have arrived in Karnataka from the UK in one week (Representative) Bangalore: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Friday that so far 10 people who have come to the state from the UK have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine test on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Andhra, Gujarat, Punjab | India News
GUWAHATI: The Center will conduct a Covid-19 vaccination trial on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab as a step to prepare for the vaccine administration and assess the readiness of planned activities. According to a statement from the Ministry of Family Health and Welfare, for …
Read More »India’s Active Covid-19 Cases Now Represent Only 2.8 Percent Of Total Cases | India News
NEW DELHI: The current contraction trend in India’s active Covid-19 infections has led to a reduction in the proportion of active cases in the total number of cases to 2.8 percent, the Health Ministry said on Thursday of the Union. The count of active cases of the disease in the …
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