By: Reuters | Dover | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:59:54 pm British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in response to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (Toby Melville / Pool Photo via AP) The …
Read More »No Need to Panic: Health Min Harsh Vardhan on New Strain of Mutated Coronavirus
The Union Health Ministry had called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK. The Union government is fully alert and there is no need to panic, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said …
Read More »New Covid strain: India suspends flights to UK until December 31
NEW DELHI: India decided on Monday to suspend all flights to and from the UK between December 23 and December 31 amid fears of a new, more infectious coronavirus variant found in the country. India has joined a growing list of countries such as Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, …
Read More »UK Coronavirus: New Strain of Coronavirus in UK Triggers Series of Travel Bans Ahead of Holiday Season: Highlights | India News
NEW DELHI: The new strain of coronavirus, said to be 70 percent more transmissible, has left countries scrambling to announce travel bans even as the world approaches the Christmas and New Years holidays. Amid fears over the highly infectious new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus, several countries have imposed …
Read More »Arvind Kejriwal Urges Government To Ban All Flights From UK Immediately Over Mutant Coronavirus Strain
New strain of coronavirus: Arvind Kejriwal has called the new mutation a super spreader. New Delhi: Issuing a warning note against the new strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the UK, Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today called on the government to immediately ban all flights arriving from that …
Read More »What do we know about the latest coronavirus strain found in the UK?
The UK announced a surprise shutdown Saturday in London and parts of the country amid a surge in coronavirus disease cases following the discovery of a new strain of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. According to experts, the new strain is 70% more infectious than other strains of the …
Read More »Saudi Arabia halts international flights over fast-spreading new strain of coronavirus
The suspension does not apply to international aircraft currently in the kingdom. (Figurative) Highlight Several European countries have banned travel from Britain on Sunday Neighboring Kuwait also announced a ban on passenger flights from the UK Saudi Arabia has so far registered more than 361,000 new cases of coronavirus Riyadh: …
Read More »German Health Minister says vaccines are effective against new strain of coronavirus
The new virus strain “has no impact on vaccines,” the German health minister said. Berlin Germany: European Union experts believe existing coronavirus vaccines are effective against the rapidly spreading new strain identified in Britain, Germany’s health minister said on Sunday. “Based on all we know so far,” the new strain …
Read More »UK flight ban: here’s how countries have reacted to the new variant of Covid-19
While some countries have decided to ban flights from the UK, some are still mulling the action after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Saturday that a new strain of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has spread. it is spreading rapidly in certain areas. During a televised briefing, Johnson said …
Read More »South Africa says new strain of coronavirus fuels second wave of cases in nation and spreads faster
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said that a new version of the novel coronavirus It has been identified which was spreading faster, driving the second wave of the pandemic that was passing through the country. He said people should be concerned about this new variant of the virus, …
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