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Omicron variant found in 84 pct of COVID-19 samples tested in Delhi

Omicron variant

NEW DELHI, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — Indian Delhi’s health minister Satyendra Jain said on Monday the latest genome sequencing report shows the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been found in 84 percent of the samples tested in Delhi. “The cases in Delhi are increasing for the past 10-15 days ever since the detection of Omicron … Read more

Philippines logs 289 new COVID-19 cases, no local Omicron infections

Philippines

MANILA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 289 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,837,016. The DOH also reported that 47 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 50,496. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire … Read more

UK Study: Dogs Can Detect COVID-19 Positive Arrivals at Airport

Dogs Can Detect COVID-19

According to research published on Monday, dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 per cent of COVID-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic. The authors of the research hope that this revelation could help to replace the need to quarantine new arrivals. Dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such … Read more