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No new Covid case reported among athletes, officials at Winter Olympics

To minimise Covid transmission risks, Beijing 2022 has imposed a "closed loop" system that restricts all Games participants to certain zones in and around venues and accommodation

India records over 30,500 fresh Covid-19 infections, 541 more fatalities

The daily positivity rate stood at 2.61 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is 3.04 per cent.

Data story: India logs 30,757 new cases; death toll rises to 510,413

India has so far administered 1,742,436,288 vaccine doses. That is 4075.46 per cent of its total caseload, and 124.36 per cent of its population

Covid-19: Hong Kong to get 10,000 hotel rooms amid reports of mass testing

Chief Executive Carrie Lam renewed an appeal for support from the global financial hub's 7.5 million people, many of whom are fatigued by some of the world's most stringent restrictions

Centre asks states, UTs to end additional Covid curbs amid decline in cases

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter to all states/UTs, said, "The Covid-19 pandemic in India is showing a sustained declining trend since January 21, 2022."

Moderna eyes Covid booster by August, not clear yet if Omicron-specific

Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel said in an interview the company aimed to have a booster ready by August 2022, before next autumn when he said more vulnerable people may need it

UK to offer Covid-19 vaccine to all children from age 5-11: Report

British authorities will offer a coronavirus vaccine to almost six million children from age 5 to 11, officials said

Chhattisgarh logs 433 Covid new cases, 4 deaths; active tally below 5,000

Chhattisgarh on Wednesday reported 433 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 11,47,880, while four fresh deaths pushed the toll to 14,016, an official said.

Mizoram's Covid tally crosses 2-lakh mark, positivity rate at 23.56%

Mizoram's Covid-19 tally crossed the 2-lakh mark as the Northeastern state reported 1,616 new cases, an official said.

Centre tells states to review Covid curbs amid a downward trend in cases

The average daily cases during last week were 50,476, and 30,615 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours

Covid-19 pandemic: Tamil Nadu records 1,310 new cases, 10 deaths

Tamil Nadu registered 1,310 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths on Wednesday. These took the total count to 34,40,531 and the toll of fatalities to 37,956 so far.

Germany eyes end to most coronavirus restrictions on March 20

Germany announced plans to end most of country's coronavirus restrictions by March 20, a decision that coincided with moves by neighbouring Austria and Switzerland to drop many of their curbs sooner.

Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates vaccine rollout to world's poorest

Many more vaccines are expected to be rejected as African nations and Covax said that from January they would not accept vaccines with less than two-and-a-half months' shelf life

Xi Jinping urges Hong Kong to get control as Covid-19 cases surge

Coronavirus patients lay in hospital beds or open-air tens amid record numbers of infections as Hong Kong doggedly adheres to its "zero-COVID" strategy

Covid vaccine makers shoot for exports as domestic demand may remain low

ZyCoV-D is already approved by the regulator for use in children aged 12 and more

Switzerland lift most coronavirus restrictions as infections decline

Switzerland became the latest European country to ease coronavirus restrictions, including ending health checks for incoming travellers and the need to have COVID-19 passes to enter many public venues

Maharashtra records 2,748 fresh Covid cases, 41 deaths, 5,806 recoveries

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 2,748 new coronavirus cases, including 111 of the Omicron variant, and 41 fresh fatalities linked to the infection, the health department said.

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi reported 766 fresh cases and five deaths

Delhi reported 766 COVID-19 cases along with five fatalities, while the positivity rate marginally declined to 1.37 per cent, according to data shared by the Health Department here on Wednesday.

Gujarat records 884 new Covid cases, 13 deaths; active tally below 10,000

Gujarat on Wednesday recorded 884 new Covid-19 cases and 13 fresh deaths, taking the overall tally to 12,18,212 and the toll to 10,851

Covid-19 pandemic: Telangana reports 512 new cases and one death

Telangana on Wednesday recorded 512 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 7,85,143, while the toll rose to 4,108 with one more fatality.