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Covid-19 pandemic: 405 new cases, four deaths in Karnataka

With 405 fresh cases, Karnataka's COVID-19 tally reached 30,03,969, while four death took the cumulative fatalities to 38,305, the health department said on Friday.

Omicron scare: Seven-day home quarantine in Mumbai for Dubai passengers

Dubai is a hub for international travel and passengers take connecting flights from the city.

Be alert & safe: PM Narendra Modi to states on Omicron variant threat

The Centre would also send teams to states with low vaccination, rising cases, insufficient health infrastructure to assist them.

Maharashtra reports spike in new Covid cases at 1,201; 8 die, 953 recover

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 1,201 new coronavirus cases, a sharp rise of 376 from a day ago, and eight fresh fatalities, the state health department said. With these additions, the state's COVID-19 caseload increased to 66,52,166, while the death toll rose to 1,41,375, the department said in a bulletin. It said the state did not report any fresh case of the Omicron variant of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. On Tuesday, 11 new Omicron cases were reported in the state, taking the variant tally to 65. A day ago, the state had reported 825 new coronavirus and 14 deaths. There are 7,350 active COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra now after 953 patients were discharged from hospitals following recovery in the last 24 hours. The number of recovered patients stood at 64,99,760 in the state, where the case fatality rate is 2.12 per cent. As many as 1,23,261 new tests were conducted, taking the number of samples examined for coronavirus so far to 6,80,06,322, the bulletin said

Omicron variant: Arvind Kejriwal to hold review meeting on Thursday

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a review meeting to assess the preparedness and management as regards the new variant of the coronavirus on Thursday, according to officials.

Omicron variant three times more transmissible: Centre warns states

The Union health ministry has noted said that 200 cases of Omicron have been detected in the country, so far

No evidence to suggest that existing vaccines don't work on Omicron: Govt

'There are limited available data, and no peer-reviewed evidence, on vaccine efficacy or effectiveness to date for Omicron,' says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Covid vaccines can be tweaked for protection against new variants: Guleria

The COVID-19 vaccines can be "tweaked" to provide protection against new variants of the virus, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Director Dr Randeep Guleria said. His remarks come amid rising cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and the ongoing debate about whether a booster shot is needed to increase antibodies. Speaking at a programme organised here in Maharashtra on Sunday, Dr Guleria said that as far as the severity of the Omicron variant is concerned, the next few weeks will be very crucial. "Although there is this new variant of COVID-19, the silver lining is that it does seem to be a milder disease and we should have protection as far as the vaccine is concerned. And I think it is important to remember that vaccines can be tweaked," Dr Guleria here said on Sunday. "We will have second-generation vaccines. This is something which we need to keep in mind. The current vaccines are effective but with new variants, they will decrease on immunity, ...

Over 138 crore vaccine doses administered in India so far: Health Ministry

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase

India's Omicron count crosses 150; Maharashtra, Delhi have most cases

Six persons tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Maharashtra on Sunday, raising the state's tally of such cases to 54

Coronavirus pandemic: West Bengal logs 580 fresh cases, 7 deaths

West Bengal on Friday reported 580 new COVID-19 cases, 80 less than the previous day's figure, pushing the overall tally to 16,25,955, a health department bulletin said.

12 new Omicron cases in Maharashtra, Delhi; RT-PCR test must in 6 metros

With the detection of these new cases, the total number of Omicron cases in the country has risen to 57

Omicron: Europe-like surge may mean 1.4 mn cases a day, says V K Paul

The Omicron variant has spread to 91 countries with more than 27,000 cases detected worldwide

Omicron spreading fast, need to avoid non-essential travel, says govt

Sufficient systematic and strategic sampling is being undertaken for genome sequencing for detection of Omicron cases in India, says govt

India adds 7,974 new Covid-19 cases, active infections decline to 87,245

India added 7,974 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,18,602, while the active cases declined to 87,245, according to the Union Health Ministry data

India's Omicron variant tally reaches 73; Maharashtra caseload at 32

The Omicron variant was first detected in India in Bengaluru

Over 1.34 bn Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Govt

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 134.53 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said.

Omicron poses 'very high' global risk, but data on severity limited: WHO

Even if the severity is potentially lower than for the Delta variant, it is expected that hospitalisations will increase as a result of increasing transmission, says WHO in a technical brief

Despite higher Covid cases, Kerala model still a success: Experts

With a robust public health system in place to handle exigencies, the state is equipped to tackle high caseloads

India's active case decline to 93,277, lowest in 560 days: Health ministry

With 7,774 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,46,90,510, while the number of active cases declined to 92,281, lowest in 560 days