Some evidence that the new variant may be associated with a higher degree of mortality: Boris Johnson (Archive) London: The new strain of coronavirus identified in the UK could be not only more transmissible but also more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. “There now also appears to …
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New Delhi: Health experts said on Thursday that India appears to be moving towards herd immunity against COVID-19 as cases decline. Dr (Prof) Sanjay Rai, Professor of Community Medicine at AIIMS said that there is no need to panic about the new strain of coronavirus detected in the UK as …
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Aislinn Laing, Reuters senior correspondent, gives a blood sample at a medical facility before receiving a dose of vaccine or placebo from Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in the Colina area, Santiago, Chile, on November 20, 2020. Picture taken on November 20, 2020. REUTERS / Ivan Alvarado The …
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NEW DELHI: The new strain of coronavirus first found in the UK has caused a global stir as it is believed to be more contagious than other variants of SARS-CoV-2. Several nations, including India, have announced varying degrees of restrictions to prevent the spread of the mutated coronavirus, even as …
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Rajahmundry: An Anglo-Indian woman, who returned from the UK to Delhi and then reached Andhra Pradesh in a special train after escaping from an isolation center in the national capital has tested positive for COVID-19-19. According to officials from the state health department, the woman arrived in Delhi from UK …
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This new variant is concerning because it is more transmissible and has mutated more than the new variant that has been discovered in the UK, authorities said. In the UK, two cases of another new South African-related coronavirus have been identified, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed in London on Wednesday. …
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Six passengers traveling on Air India’s London-Delhi flight tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival, a senior government official said on December 22. Read also: Coronavirus, December 22 updates The flight landed around 11.30pm on December 21. “Five COVID-positive passengers were found at the Delhi airport. A passenger, who took a …
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There is growing alarm around the world after scientists in the UK described a recently identified variant of the coronavirus which appears to be more contagious than, and genetically distinct, more established variants. The new variant will be called VUI-202012/01, the UK’s first “Variant Under Investigation” in December 2020. Even …
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Australia has recorded nearly 28,200 cases and 908 deaths since the pandemic began. (Archive) Sydney: Australia confirmed on Monday that it has detected two cases of a rapidly spreading new strain of coronavirus that has forced Britain to reverse plans to ease restrictions over Christmas, the first confirmed cases of …
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