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UK's pre-departure Covid test rules in force to slow Omicron spread

Any contacts of a suspected Omicron case are already required to self-isolate for 10 days, including those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Bengaluru doctor who recovered from Omicron is covid positive again

The city-based doctor, one of the two earliest cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 to be detected in the country, has tested positive for the virus again

Delhi govt issues notice to 3rd int'l airline for flouting Covid norms

After Etihad and American Airlines, the Delhi government has issued a show-cause notice to Qatar Airways for failing to follow the mandatory Covid-19 guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry

DATA STORY: India adds 6,822 new cases, death toll rises to 473,757

India has so far administered 1,287,610,590 vaccine doses. That is 3716.22 per cent of its total caseload, and 92.04 per cent of its population

Modi, Shah, Sonia among those tested, jabbed for Covid-19 in Bihar!

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra and Akshay Kumar these are the names of residents of a non-descript rural area of an impoverished south Bihar district.

Bengaluru doctor who recovered from Omicron tests Covid positive again

The city-based doctor, who had tested positive for Omicron variant of Covid-19 and reportedly recovered, has once again tested positive for the virus.

17 Covid cases found on cruise ship that departed from New Orleans

At least 17 Covid-19 cases were detected on a Norwegian cruise ship that departed from New Orleans, in the US state of Louisiana, including one suspected to have the fast-spreading Omicron variant

WHO advises against use of convalescent plasma for Covid treatment

Convalescent plasma shows no improvement in survival and other important measures and is not recommended for patients with Covid-19, the WHO said

RJD leader Tejashwi slams Nitish govt for alleged forgery of Covid data

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar for the alleged forgery of data concerning the number of Covid-19 deaths and RT-PCR tests

Bihar orders probe after names of Modi, Amit Shah appear in vaccinated list

The names Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others have appeared on the list of vaccinated and RT-PCR Covid test lists at Bihar's Karpi

India records 6,822 new Covid cases, daily tally lowest in 558 days

India logged 6,822 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 558 days, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,46,48,383

All 9 Omicron Covid variant patients in Jaipur are asymptotic: Official

All the nine Omicron COVID-19 variant patients in Rajasthan's Jaipur are asymptotic, said Dr Narottam Sharma, Chief Medical Health Officer, Jaipur on Monday.

New York City to impose Covid vaccine mandate on private sector employers

From multinational banks to corner grocery stores, all private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against Covid, the mayor announced

Mumbai reports first 2 cases of Omicron variant; Maharashtra's tally at 10

Two fully vaccinated persons who returned from abroad last month have tested positive for the new Omicron strain of coronavirus in Mumbai

With a total of 336 cases, UK now has community transmission of Omicron

The UK's health minister said the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now in transmission within the community across regions of England

Cambodia lifts travel ban for passengers arriving from 10 African countries

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Cambodia has registered 120,183 cases of Covid-19 and 2,949 deaths

Covid-19 pandemic: MP logs 17 new cases; over 5.21 lakh inoculated

The number of recoveries in MP increased to 782,593

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports six more deaths, 182 fresh cases

The new cases were detected out of 36,201 samples tested with a single-day positivity rate of 0.50 per cent

Gujarat logs 38 new coronavirus cases, zero death; active tally at 350

The tally of recoveries went up to 817,300 with 37 patients getting discharged from hospitals

UP govt issues guidelines for all districts on Omicron variant

Apart from conducting RT-PCR tests of all passengers coming to the state, genome tests of all infected patients are also being carried out