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British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson promises daily vaccine updates as daily COVID-19 cases top 60,000 for 1st time

11:58 pm January 5, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised to give daily updates on the country’s vaccination programme to protect the most vulnerable groups from COVID-19 as the daily coronavirus infections hit a new record figure of 60,196 for the first time since the pandemic began last year. Addressing a press briefing from 10 Downing Street here a day […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

All passengers from UK to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival between Jan 8-Jan 30: Health ministry

3:03 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: All passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be subjected to self-paid COVID-19 tests on arrival, the health ministry said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Saturday. Moreover, each passenger arriving from the UK would have to bring his or her COVID-19 negative report from a […]

5 UK returnees to Haryana test positive for COVID-19

11:06 pm December 29, 2020

Chandigarh: Five people from Haryana who returned to India from the United Kingdom recently have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to check whether it is a new strain detected in the UK, an official said Tuesday. As many as 1,740 people have returned to Haryana from the […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

UK returnee tests positive for COVID-19 in Tripura

11:59 pm December 26, 2020

Agartala : A man who has recently returned from the United Kingdom has tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura, but it is yet to be ascertained whether he has been infected by the mutant coronavirus strain, a senior official said on Saturday. The Tripura government has identified two persons who have returned from the UK […]

UK virus strain: London returnee’s sample to go to NIV for genomic analysis

4:27 pm December 22, 2020

Chennai: A passenger who arrived here from London via Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus and genomes from his sample would be analysed to see if it matched with the new strain of the pathogen detected in the United Kingdom, a senior official said here on Tuesday. The passenger, who tested positive has been admitted […]