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Covid: FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges

The US is expanding Covid-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12.

Covid: Centre allows WFH for 50% of its staff below under secretary-level

Govt officers/staff residing in Covid containment zones exempted from coming to office till containment zones are de-notified, says Centre

I-League suspended for six weeks after fresh Covid-19 outbreak

The I-League officials will take stock of the situation in the first week of next month and decide the future course of action

Covid insurance policies will also cover Omicron treatment costs: Irdai

The regulator has issued the directive to general and health insurers in view of the growing number of cases of the Omicron variant

Covid: Eight more Omicron cases in Haryana, tally now 71

Twelve of the 71 cases are active while the rest have been discharged

Covid-19: DDMA likely to consider more restrictions in Tuesday's meeting

Delhi added 4,099 new Covid-19 cases with positivity rate jumping to 6.46 percent in the past 24 hours, as per the city government's health bulletin on Monday

Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik records 216 new cases and two deaths

As many as 3,033,762 swab samples have been tested till date in the district

Covid-19: Centre suspends biometric attendance for govt employees

All the employees are required to mark their attendance in attendance registers to be maintained manually

Delhi logs 4,099 new Covid cases, positivity rate jumps to 6.46%

If the positivity rate is over 5% for two consecutive days, it would trigger a 'red alert' leading to a 'total curfew'

Youngsters eagerly line up for Covid-19 vaccine jab on first day

With the drive starting mostly from schools, many principals and other officials said they received a positive response from students and their families

Covid-19: Kerala sees 2,560 new infections, 71 deaths in last 24 hours

As many as 43,210 samples were tested in the state in the last 24 hours

How heavily mutated Omicron variant is spreading so fast, sparing lungs

The Omicron variant multiplies about 70 times faster inside human respiratory tract tissue than the Delta variant, according to scientists at the University of Hong Kong

Omicron: Existing vax not effective, boosters may help, say experts

A surge in Omicron infections can overwhelm an already burdened medical infrastructure

Covid: Schools in Mumbai to remain shut till Jan 31 for classes 1-9 and 11

Amid a rapid surge in Covid cases in Mumbai, including Omicron variant, civic body on Monday decided to shut schools of all mediums for classes 1 to 9 and 11 till January 31, a civic official said.

Karnataka Cabinet to discuss long-term Covid measures, says CM Bommai

Bommai also urged the people to show self-restraint and follow Covid-19 norms like wearing face-mask and maintaining social distance

Seven test positive for Covid at CM Nitish Kumar's programme in Bihar

A staff member involved in catering arrangements tested positive for Covid

Reports on expired vaccines being used in India false, misleading: Govt

The Union health ministry on Monday dismissed media reports alleging that expired vaccines are being administered in the country under its COVID-19 vaccination programme as "false and misleading".

Goa: 66 of 2,000 people on board Cordelia cruise ship test Covid positive

The cruise liner, where the NCB busted a high-profile rave party in October last year, was carrying hordes of New Year revellers

How will Covid pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame

At some point, the WHO will determine when enough countries have tamped down their Covid cases sufficiently or at least, hospitalisations and deaths to declare the pandemic officially over

How India is vaccinating teenagers against Covid amid Omicron spread

On January 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had requested people to register eligible children in their families