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Maharashtra to impose night curfew from Jan 10; schools shut till Feb 15

Swimming pools, gyms, spas, beauty salons, zoos, museums, and entertainment parks will remain closed from Monday; colleges shut till Feb 15

Covid impact: Maharashtra bans non-essential public movement at night

Private offices have been advised to function with 50 per cent by rationalizing attendance and staggering work hours

Empty market places in urban areas of Karnataka due to weekend curfew

The state government ordered a weekend curfew and a night curfew for two weeks as a measure to check the spread of Covid

Covid: Gujarat reports 32 fresh Omicron infections

Ahmedabad city accounts for a total of 105 cases of Omicron, out of which 75 have recovered

Bengal reports 18,802 new Covid cases, 19 more fatalities in last 24 hours

West Bengal on Saturday reported 18,802 new Covid cases, which raised the tally to 17,30,759, the state health department said in its bulletin.

Daily Covid cases cross 5,000 in Kerala, second time in January

Saturday recorded 33 Covid deaths taking the total death tally to 49,547

Mumbai reports 20,318 fresh Covid-19 infections, five deaths

The city now has more than one 100,000 active cases

Gujarat: Covid norms go for a toss at dog's birthday party worth Rs 7 lakh

According to the police, an amount of approximately Rs 7 lakhs was spent on the birthday celebrations of the dog named Abby.

Delhi sees 20,181 fresh Covid infections; positivity rate climbs to 19.6%

Seven more fatalities were recorded in Delhi on Saturday due to Covid as city clocked 20,181 infections in a single day, while the positivity rate rose to 19.60 per cent, according to data

Covaxin booster dose may give long-term immunity: Bharat Biotech

90% of recipients had a detectable neutralising antibody response against the wild-type strain (6 months after the second dose), the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker said

No complete lockdown in Kerala as of now, says Health Minister

The Minister said a complete lockdown will affect normal life in the state and urged the people to remain cautious

Covid-19 may raise diabetes risk in children, says CDC Study

A heightened risk of diabetes has already been seen among adults who recovered from Covid-19, according to some studies

Covid cases rising in Maha, but hospitalisation, oxygen demand low: Tope

He said the state task force and health department had given their assessment of the COVID-19 situation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who will decide on the extent of restrictions

Omicron can be more lethal for children than Delta, say experts

Amid the rise of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, health experts on Saturday warned that this variant may lead children to witness more problems as compared to the Delta variant.

Delhi Police enhances patrol, puts barricades as weekend curfew unrolls

The Delhi Police intensified patrolling, raised barricades and warned people of legal action as authorities kept up the vigil to check violations of weekend curfew that kicked in Friday night

68 personnel at CBI Mumbai office test positive for Covid-19

The CBI had asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to test 235 persons working at the BKC office, an official of the central agency said

14 fresh Omicron infections in Odisha, state's tally rises to 75

The state government is trying to expand its genome sequencing capability, even as the daily test positivity rate has jumped from 1.13 per cent on January 4 to 5.51 per cent on January 8

Study finds N95 respirators can be safely decontaminated up to 25 times

The research has been published in the 'American Journal of Infection Control'

Only vaccinated passengers allowed on suburban trains in Chennai region

The Southern Railway also warned of collecting Rs 500 as fine from a passenger who is found not wearing a face mask in the premises

Consider bankers as frontline workers for booster dose: AIBOC to FM

In a letter addressed to the Finance Minister, All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) also suggested the implementation of a 5-day week to break the chain of the spread of the virus