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What is Omicron?
The countries designated as 'at-risk' (as of November 26, 2021) include European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
What WHO says
Symptoms of Omicron
Latest Updates on Omicron
South Korea's new Covid-19 cases stayed in the 20,000s for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, down nearly 7,400 cases from a week ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic is in retreat
India has so far administered 1,926,744,769 vaccine doses
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Pfizer said that preliminary clinical data showed their three-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimen was 80 per cent effective for children aged between 6 months to 5-years-old
India has so far administered 1,925,270,955 vaccine doses
The agency said the hiccups in the recovery of the contact-intensive services attributable to the third wave of Covid-19 in the country may have also affected the economic growth in the quarter
India has so far administered 1,923,845,615 vaccine doses
A total of 39 people recovered from the infection on Sunday, taking the cumulative number of recoveries till date to 7,88,363
India has so far administered 1,921,296,720 vaccine doses
Of the 213 new cases, only nine required hospitalisation, including one needing oxygen support, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said
India has so far administered 1,919,632,518 vaccine doses
Domestically produced variant-proof jabs are part of a global project to develop vaccines for future epidemics
India has so far administered 1,917,996,905 vaccine doses
A WHO expert group says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of Covid vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants.
India has so far administered 1,905,086,706 vaccine doses
There are 131 active cases, while eight more patients have recovered from the disease, health department added
Shanghai also reported 1,487 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus on Friday, out of a total of 1,726 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said
According to the Delhi government health bulletin, 1,482 COVID patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking cumulative recoveries from the beginning of the pandemic to 18,68,543
While "supply-chain disruption" is emerging once more as the most repeated phrase of corporate earnings season, the impact goes beyond multinationals' profits