Covid Omicron
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India logs 2,55,874 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate dips; toll climbs to 4.9 lakh
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 15.52 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 17.17 per cent, according to the health ministry.
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Those unvaccinated can have a severe form of COVID-19 after Omicron infection, says WHO expert amid rising cases
Maria van Kerkhove, the health agency's technical lead on coronavirus, said that the surge of infections across the world is putting a significant burden on health care systems which are already severely overburdened
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Omicron News Updates: Schools across Maharashtra to reopen for all classes from 24 Jan, says Varsha Gaikwad
Omicron News LIVE Updates: The decision comes in the wake of cases rising across the state, 43,697 cases on Wednesday, and ebbing in the city of Mumbai
Omicron News LIVE Updates: Govt panel recommends market approval for Covaxin, Covishield but with conditions
Omicron News LIVE Updates: The recommendations will be sent to the Drugs Controller General of India for final approval. Covishield and Covaxin were granted emergency use authorisation on 3 January, 2021
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Will Omicron bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic? Here’s what experts have to say
The coronavirus variant, first detected in South Africa, has caused a massive spike in cases across the world, forcing governments to impose new restrictions
Tata's COVID-19 test kit to detect Omicron variant gets IMCR nod: All you need to know about 'OmiSure'
The new test, which will provide results in two-and-a-half hours, will most likely be sold in the market by around 12 January
COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15-18 begins; over 16 lakh teens already given first dose
The process to administer coronavirus vaccines to children comes amid a rapid rise in infections fuelled by the Omicron variant
How will pandemic end? Ultra-contagious Omicron may forecast the endgame of COVID-19
The Omicron crisis shows that the world will reach a point where SARS-CoV-2 will be treated as an endemic much like flu, hopes infectious disease expert Stephen Kissler of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Omicron risk remains ‘very high’, says WHO as COVID-19 cases spike across the world
The new COVID-19 variant with a doubling time of two to three days has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant in a number of countries, including Britain and the United States
Omicron in India: Authorities in a tizzy after 147 returnees in Bareilly 'untraceable'
The officials have shared the information of the flyers with the police and local intelligence unit to find them as soon as possible
‘Risk of hospitalisation lesser for Omicron-infected patients than those suffering from Delta’
Research by Imperial College London found that people infected with the new COVID-19 variant are 40 to 45 percent less likely to spend a night or more in hospital compared with the Delta variant
No country can boost itself out of COVID-19 pandemic, says WHO chief as Omicron variant wreaks havoc worldwide
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the priority must remain to get vaccines to vulnerable people everywhere rather than giving additional doses to the already vaccinated
Omicron in India: Narendra Modi to hold review meet today as new COVID-19 variant spreads
Of date, there are 213 cases of Omicron in the country. Delhi tops the list with 57 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 54 infections
'Three to four cops posted outside my house': Delhi Omicron patient recounts tale of home isolation and hospitalisation
Sahil Thakur, the 27-year-old Rohini resident, said he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic too
Tracking Omicron: Israel reports its first death from COVID-19 variant; WHO warns of ‘another storm coming’
Omicron, first detected in November in South Africa, has rapidly spread across the globe, with 38 of 53 European countries, reporting it to now being the dominant variant
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COVID-19: India’s Omicron case count at 161, says health minister Mansukh Mandaviya
On Monday, Kerala, Delhi and Karnataka reported four, two and five fresh cases respectively
COVID-19 vaccine inequity allowed variants like Omicron to emerge
Wherever COVID-19 has the chance to linger, variants develop and travel. This entirely predictable pattern is destined to repeat itself unless countries with resources share vaccines with others that cannot afford them.
UK reports record 93,045 new COVID-19 cases in third consecutive daily record; Omicron becomes dominant in London
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a ‘very serious threat’ and that the country was seeing a considerable wave coming through
India reports 101 Omicron cases; Centre asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel, gatherings
The health ministry said Maharashtra reported 32 cases of the variant, Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17), Karnataka (8), Telangana (8), Gujarat (5), Kerala (5), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1)
Joe Biden warns of winter of 'severe illness and death' as Omicron threat grows larger in America
The US president stressed the importance of vaccinated people getting a booster and of those who have yet to be vaccinated receiving their first shot