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UK set to bring in new Covid restrictions after Christmas, says report

The UK Health Security Agency said on Sunday that 12 people in Britain had died with the Omicron variant and 104 were currently in hospital with it

Vaccine delivery under Quad framework to commence in early 2022: Shringla

Quad countries have pledged to donate more than 1.2 billion vaccine doses globally

Six more Omicron cases detected in Delhi, total tally now 28: Report

Delhi's first case of the Omicron variant -- a 37-year-old man from Ranchi -- was detected on December 5

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports two new deaths, 94 fresh cases

The number of active cases currently in the state is 955

UK records 91,743 Covid cases, PM says data under constant review

Johnson told reporters that the government won't hesitate to introduce tougher lockdown measures

Covid-19 pandemic: Mizoram reports 33 new cases, two more deaths

The new cases took the state's tally to 139,488

Coronavirus: 31 out of 54 Omicron patients in Maharashtra discharged

No fresh case of Omicron, classified as a 'variant of concern' by the WHO, was reported in the state on Monday

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim logs two fresh cases, one more fatality

The two fresh cases were reported from West Sikkim

Covid-19: WHO sounds warning over fast-spreading Omicron variant

Says Omicron is evading some immune responses; China must share more data on virus origins

Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin's shelf life extended to 12 months: Bharat Biotech

The multi-dose vial policy saves money for procurement agencies by reducing the cold chain logistics

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.

Moderna's booster raises antibody levels by 80 times against Omicron

The company said a two-dose course of its vaccine generated low neutralising antibodies against the Omicron variant

A quarter of total vaccine exports happened since Nov: Govt data

India will soon cross 100 million vaccine exports. Bangladesh and Indonesia purchased the maximum number of doses since November, shows MEA data

No clear evidence on Omicron's transmissibility, severity in India: INSACOG

There is no clear evidence yet on the transmissibility, immune evasion or severity of Omicron in India, said INSACOG in its latest bulletin

India prepared to fight Omicron variant of coronavirus: Mandaviya

Buffer stocks of medicine and oxygen have been prepared to mitigate any crisis and 48,000 ventilators have been distributed to states, the minister said

All Covid positive cases to be sent for genome sequencing: Kejriwal

Kejriwal appealed to public not to let their guard down and start wearing masks to arrest the spread of the virus

Tamil Nadu records 605 fresh coronavirus cases, six fatalities

The total number of cases reported till date in the state is 2,740,411

Chhattisgarh sees 13 Covid-19 cases, no death; over 19k samples tested

With the new cases, Chhattisgarh's tally reached 1,007,412

Covid-19: At 4, Maharashtra reports lowest deaths after April 1, 2020

Maharashtra is left with 7,093 active Covid cases

Delhi reports 91 new Covid cases, positivity rate increases to 0.20%

With the fresh Covid cases, Delhi's tally has increased to 1,442,288