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8 Britain returnees to Kerala test positive; samples sent to NIV, Pune

Eight people who recently returned from the UK to Kerala, have tested positive for coronavirus and their samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for genomic analysis

Coronavirus new variant: Genomics researcher answers key questions

Boris Johnson said that the new variant could increase transmission of Covid-19 by as much as 70% and increase the R or reproduction number by 0.4

Brexit deal done: What's in it and where next for the Britain and EU?

The negotiators ignored the background noise and succeeded in drafting a dense legal document on which the future of UK-EU relations now hangs

Nine more Britain returnees test coronavirus positive in Telangana

A total of nine more returnees from the United Kingdom, who arrived in Telangana after December 9 tested positive for Covid-19, taking the tally of coronavirus cases among the returnees to 16.

What happened with Brexit? The inside story of how the deal was done

For about 200 officials agonizing over the minutiae, it was time to finally emerge from the darkness

Japan confirms first cases of new coronavirus variant identified in UK

Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said the five were sent to quarantine straight from the airports

How does Britain's parliament approve EU and UK's Brexit trade deal?

Britain's parliament only has days to scrutinise and pass the laws needed to implement the deal before a December 31 deadline

How does Britain's parliament approve the Brexit trade agreement?

There could be a core of pro-Brexit lawmakers in Johnson's party who vote against the deal on the grounds that it doesn't deliver the kind of clean break they wanted.

Seven UK returnees test Covid-19 positive in Telangana, hospitalised

Seven people who returned here recently from the UK tested positive for COVID-19 and their swab samples have been sent for screening to ascertain if they carry the new variant

With time running out, European Union and UK near post-Brexit trade deal

EU and British negotiators inched their way to within touching distance of a trade deal early Thursday, raising hopes a chaotic economic break between the two sides on New Year's Day could be averted

AstraZeneca submitted data for MHRA approval, says UK Health Minister

UK health secretary said that AstraZeneca had submitted a full data package about its Covid-19 vaccine to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for approval

None of UK returnees since Dec 9 tested coronavirus positive in Telangana

None of the UK returnees here since December 9 have tested COVID-19 positive so far, according to Telangana Medical and Health Department

Returnee from Britain tests positive for coronavirus in Odisha

A 34-year-old United Kingdom returnee has tested positive for Covid-19 and hospitalised in the state capital, officials said on Wednesday

11 of 950 passengers from UK test positive at Delhi airport: Genestrings

Eleven out of 950 passengers who came in four flights from the UK at Indira Gandhi International airport have tested positive for coronavirus, Director of Genestrings Diagnostic Centre said

34 people traced in Indore who came from Britain since December 9

Amid concerns about a new strain of Covid-19 found in the United Kingdom, Indore officials have traced 34 people who came to the city from the UK since December 9

India issues SOPs for surveillance of new variant of Covid-19 found in UK

Ministry of Health issued SOPs at the point of entry and in the community for all international passengers who have travelled from or transited through the country in the past four weeks

Mutated coronavirus variant from South Africa found in UK: Health minister

South Africa's health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the virus had been discovered and might be responsible for a recent surge in infections there

France reopens UK border for travellers who are Covid-free: Report

People arriving from Britain are required to have a virus test capable of detecting the new variant

Brexit trade deal may be imminent, says senior European Union diplomat

An accord would ensure that the goods trade that makes up half of annual EU-UK commerce, worth nearly a trillion dollars in all, remains free of tariffs and quotas

Germany extends UK travel ban despite EU urging to lift restrictions

Germany extended its travel ban from Britain until January 6 amid concern over a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, despite a EC recommendation earlier for member states to lift the ban