Govt warns global Covid scene disturbing, calls for stepping up precautions

Says India could be in danger zone with cases at similar levels now as the pre-second surge period

With usage of masks going down in the country and the Omicron variant on the rise, the government cautioned that the global scene of the pandemic was disturbing and India could be in the danger zone with Covid precautions and cases at similar levels now as the pre-second surge period. The remarks came even as seven more people, including a three-year-old — all of them in Maharashtra — tested positive for the Omicron variant on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the country to 32. 

Four of the seven fresh cases were fully vaccinated.  Of the seven, three had