UK COVID Vaccine – The vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK. London: Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca as it battles a …
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Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of cases in India. Pune: As India steps up testing to contain the spread of a new mutant strain of coronavirus, first found in the UK in September, the Pune civic body has launched a video appeal to track more than 100 returning travelers. …
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India had previously banned all flights from the UK until December 31. New Delhi: The Indian government on Wednesday extended the suspension of flights to and from the UK until January 7 amid alarms over the highly contagious new strain of the coronavirus. “A decision has been made to extend …
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In this file photo, soldiers march during the Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Reuters / Altaf Hussain As part of the new protocols, all contingents and marching participants will be required to wear face masks and the contingents will be smaller this time. Instead of 144 members, each …
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India has reported 14 more positive cases for the SARS-CoV-2 virus variant in the UK here on Wednesday. This brings the total number of positive cases for the new variant to 20 now. Confirming this, the Health Ministry said that apart from the six who tested positive on Tuesday, these …
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Coronavirus LIVE updates: The women, who returned from the UK to Delhi and then arrived in Andhra Pradesh on a special train after escaping from an isolation facility, tested positive for the UK strain of coronavirus, said Katamneni Bhaskar, Commissioner State Health and Family Welfare Department. Other states have stepped …
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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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Colorado’s first case of the Covid variant to emerge recently in the UK (Representational) Washington: The US state of Colorado has recorded what is purportedly the first US case of the particularly infectious variant of the coronavirus that emerged recently in Britain, the governor said Tuesday. “Today we discovered Colorado’s …
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A total of six people who returned to India from the UK have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus discovered there, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said in a statement on Tuesday. Of these, the ministry said, three samples tested positive in Bengaluru, two …
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Six villages, three buildings and an industrial zone were among the closed areas. Beijing: China’s Beijing sealed 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first blockade on the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in June and July. The city has reported 16 infections and three …
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