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  India approves COVID-19 precautionary dose for all adults. Why and when to get the extra shot?

  Health | April 09, 2022 17:52 IST

  In India, precautionary dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centers from April 10. Data suggest that a booster dose provides good short-term vaccine effectiveness and has a safety profile similar to the second dose of the vaccine.

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  India reports 1,150 new COVID cases with 83 fatalities in a day

  India | April 09, 2022 9:37 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 11,365 the ministry data showed today.

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  India reports 1,109 new COVID cases with 43 fatalities in a day

  India | April 08, 2022 11:38 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 11,492 health ministry data showed today.

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  How transmissible is the new 'XE' variant of Covid-19? IMA Covid task force answers

  India | April 07, 2022 20:02 IST

  IMA COVID task force co-chairman Jayadevan said that the XE variant is the combination of BA.1 and BA.2 where X stands for Recombinant Type and E is the sequence of its discovery. Mutation and recombination are techniques used by viruses to become fitter.

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  New Covid variant 'XE' symptoms: Know how the virus is different from Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2

  Health | April 07, 2022 10:40 IST

  'XE' is a mutant hybrid of the two previous versions of the Omicron variant, BA.1 and BA.2, which spread across the world. It was first detected from the UK on January 19. Know symptoms of new Covid variant and if vaccines are effective against it.  

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  India reports 1,033 new COVID cases with 43 fatalities in single day

  India | April 07, 2022 9:54 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 11,639 the health ministry data showed today.

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  'Evidence doesn't suggest presence of new variant': Health Ministry sources on first Covid 'XE' case

  India | April 06, 2022 23:29 IST

  The individual who had tested positive for is a fully vaccinated 50-year-old women with no comorbidity and asymptomatic. She had come from South Africa on February 10 and had no prior travel history.

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  India's first case of new Covid variant 'XE' detected in Mumbai

  India | April 06, 2022 18:28 IST

  One patient has been found affected by 'XE' variant and another is affected by the 'Kapa' variant of Covid-19, Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation said.

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  Omicron variant less severe than Delta for children younger than 5 years: Study

  India | April 04, 2022 13:12 IST

  About 1.8 per cent of children infected with Omicron were hospitalised, compared to 3.3 per cent with Delta. The severe clinical outcomes ranged from a 16 per cent lower risk for emergency room visits to 85 per cent less risk for mechanical ventilation.

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  Fourth COVID wave? WHO warns new variant XE may be most transmissible. All you need to know

  Health | April 02, 2022 16:26 IST

  According to WHO, the new variant is 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 subvariant, which makes it most contagious. However, the global health body noted there were "significant differences in transmission and disease characteristics, including severity".

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  WHO warns about new Covid-19 variant 'XE', it is a hybrid of Omicron sub-variants

  World | April 02, 2022 10:47 IST

  The XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2), was first detected in the United Kingdom on January 19 and less than 600 sequences have been reported.

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  COVID: Omicron subvariant BA.2 becomes dominant strain in United States, says CDC

  World | March 30, 2022 7:34 IST

  The BA.2 variant represented 54.9 per cent of new COVID cases for the week ending March 26, according to CDC data.

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  COVID pandemic: India reports 1,421 new cases with 149 deaths in single day

  India | March 27, 2022 9:27 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 16,187 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID: WHO says BA.2 Omicron subvariant dominant around globe, behind cases surges in Asia, Europe

  Health | March 25, 2022 22:30 IST

  BA.2 Omicron subvariant is already dominant in the WHO's Americas region and its share of cases has been steadily increasing in several countries of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East since the end of 2021, WHO said.

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  COVID pandemic: India reports 1,938 new cases with 67 deaths in single day

  India | March 24, 2022 12:11 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 22,427 the health ministry data showed today.

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  Breaking News, March 24

  India | March 25, 2022 0:18 IST

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  Omicron subvariant makes up 35% of new COVID cases in US; lockdown restrictions likely

  World | March 23, 2022 8:10 IST

  At the height of the Omicron surge, the United States hit an all-time record of well over a million new infections every day.

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  Beware! WHO lists 3 misleading facts brewing around COVID and Omicron

  Health | March 20, 2022 11:40 IST

  WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove stated that a lot of misleading information regarding the virus is circulating. It states that the infection of Omicron is mild. Not only this but many are thinking that the COVID pandemic is over. Apart from this, there is a huge confusion as people are thinking that this is the last variant that we will have to deal with. Well, all of this is actually not true!

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  While India celebrates Holi, China suffers massive Covid wave. Is 2020 going to be repeated in 2022?

  World | March 18, 2022 13:12 IST

  With the outbreak of Omicron variant in the region, people in the country are facing difficulty in getting tested and getting quarantine. Medical supplies may also face shortage at many health facilities as only 3 day stock is left at many places such as Jilin, Shenzhen, others according to reports.

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  India reports 2,528 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours, slightly lower than yesterday

  India | March 18, 2022 14:22 IST

  The COVID-19 tally in Thane district of Maharashtra rose to 7,08,651 with an addition of eight more cases, while no fresh death linked to the infection was reported, an official said on Friday.