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Omicron in India: Narendra Modi to hold review meet today as new COVID-19 variant spreads
Fp Staff •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’
Fp Staff •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
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.
India reports 101 Omicron cases; Centre asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel, gatherings
Fp Staff •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
Omicron spreads further in India: Three cases detected in Telangana, total tally rises to 64
Fp Staff •A 24-year-old Kenyan woman, a 23-year-old Somalian man and a seven-year-old child tested positive after arriving at Hyderabad’s international airport on 12 December
Omicron variant probably in most countries, spreading at an unprecedented rate, says WHO
•The UN health agency urged countries to quickly rein in transmission and warned against treating the new variant as a ‘mild disease’
As world closes its doors on African nations over Omicron COVID-19 variant, India extends a helping hand
Fp Staff •The Centre has announced that in addition to providing COVID-19 vaccines, it will also be ready to supply essential life-saving drugs, test kits, gloves, PPE kits and medical equipment such as ventilators
COVID-19: US reports first case of Omicron variant in California in fully vaccinated overseas traveller
•At least 23 other countries have reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant since South African authorities first identified it a week ago