Community Transmission
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Omicron variant in community transmission stage in India, dominant in multiple metro cities: INSACOG
India | Jan 23, 2022, 01:07 PM ISTIt also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in the country.
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Community transmission in India? Harsh Vardhan says it is limited to certain districts
India | Oct 18, 2020, 02:42 PM ISTUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday admitted that India is in the community transmission stage. However, it is limited only to certain districts and states. The statement has come in the backdrop of West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's admission on Monday that the community transmission of Covid-19 has started in the state.
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COVID-19 community transmission taking place in Karnataka: State minister rings alarm bells
India | Jul 08, 2020, 11:20 AM ISTAs COVID-19 cases in the state spike, Karnataka Minister JC Madhuswamy has admitted that there Karnataka is well in the 'community transmission' stage of the coronavirus pandemic. Madhuswamy, who is the Tumakuru district in-charge minister, said that the state authorities are worried about the present situation.
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Goa CM says community transmission of COVID-19 has begun in state
India | Jun 26, 2020, 11:09 PM ISTGoa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that community transmission of COVID-19 had begun in the state. According to a health official, a total of 44 cases were detected during the day, taking the COVID-19 count to 1,039 while the number of active cases was 667.
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What is community transmission stage of coronavirus? Everything you need to know
Fyi | Jun 11, 2020, 02:48 PM ISTThe third and the most lethal stage of coronavirus spread is called the community transmission. It is the time or the phase when coronavirus spike exponentially in a region, area, city, state or a country. The World Health Organisation (WHO) places India in the cluster of cases category and not in the community transmission category. So what does community transmission mean? Let's find out.
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No community transmission of COVID-19, behavioral changes may be new 'healthy' normal: Harsh Vardhan
India | May 05, 2020, 04:26 PM ISTUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has ruled out community transmission of COVID-19. The minister, however, expressed hope that "behavioral changes" brought about by the infection could become the "new normal" for a healthy society after the pandemic abates.
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WHO corrects report, says no community transmission in India
India | Apr 11, 2020, 03:28 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) admitted that one of its reports had shown COVID-19 community transmission in India due to an error which has now been fixed.