India Covid

A healthcare worker collects a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) test swab sample from a man. Photo :Reuters
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XE variant of Covid-19 in India: What are the symptoms of new mutation

The WHO said that the XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2) was first detected in the UK on 19 January

A man gets a Covid-19 test in Delhi. Photo: Collected
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India reports first case of Covid variant XE in Mumbai

A woman and her son walk past a graffiti on a street, amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Mumbai, India, December 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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India to end all Covid restrictions except face mask rule from 31 March

A woman and her son walk past a graffiti on a street, amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Mumbai, India, December 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Omicron spreads in India's big cities but hospitalisations still low

An observation room in a Covid-19 vaccination center at a municipal hospital in Pune, in May 2021. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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India imposes stricter rules to prevent Covid-19 spread, leaders hold mass rallies

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How errors, inaction sent a deadly Covid variant around the world

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 661,507,694 samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far.(Reuters file photo)
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Night curfew in Delhi from 27 December as city sees uptick in Covid cases

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India's Modi calls meeting of state chiefs on fighting Omicron variant

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India's Omicron cases jump to 101

People get a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination drive at Nair Hospital in Mumbai. Photo :ANI via Hindustan Times
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India to scale up Omicron surveillance after second wave horrors

Migrant workers and their families, who had left during a lockdown, walk at a platform after they returned from their home state of Uttar Pradesh, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Ahmedabad, India July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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India reports 45,352 new Covid-19 infections