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Bihar CM asks health officials to be on guard against new Covid variant

He called for keeping a close watch on those coming to the state from abroad and quick testing of samples if anybody presented symptoms

Omicron: RT-PCR test must for passengers coming from 'at-risk' countries

This test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey

Third Omicron case detected in UK, face masks compulsory from Tuesday

"People should continue with their plans as normal for Christmas, I think it's going to be a great Christmas," said Javid

Tourism may go off recovery track as travel firms brace for Omicron impact

Several players in the sector are worried about spate of cancellations in the coming days as countries tighten travel restrictions

Omicron alert: Regular international flights' return under review

The Union health ministry has asked states to ramp up health infrastructure, testing, and genome sequencing activities

How has India fared in making Covid-19 data available?

It wasn't until the announcement of nationwide lockdown that the centre and state govts started publishing Covid-updates on websites. Even that has been uneven across states. Here's the real picture

New Covid-19 variant: Antivirals hold the key as mutations surface

Antivirals do not specifically target only the spike protein but the other parts of the virus, too

States up vigil to fight Omicron variant, tough scrutiny at major airports

The Centre has directed all states to ramp up health infrastructure, enhance testing and surveillance in light of the Omicron variant

Centre should learn from its mistakes in previous Covid-19 waves: Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said the central government should learn lessons from the "mistakes" it committed during the first and second waves of COVID-19

Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai sees 217 new cases and four deaths

With 33,462 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Mumbai went up to 1,24,69,732

Covid-19: Morocco halts all incoming air travel from around the world

Morocco has been in the forefront of vaccinations in Africa, and kept its borders closed for months in 2020 because of the pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik sees 66 cases, 2 deaths, 44 recoveries

The discharge of 44 people during the day increased the recovery count in the district to 4,03,100

Follow Covid-appropriate behaviour to avoid lockdown: Maharashtra CM

"Citizens need to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour to prevent another lockdown in the state," he said

Maharashtra sees 832 Covid-19 cases, 33 deaths; active tally now 8,193

The discharge of 841 people during the day increased the recovery count to 64,81,640

Covid-19 pandemic: Kerala posts 4,350 new infections, 159 more deaths

The total recoveries in the state reached 50,46,219 and the active cases dropped to 47,001

Step up health infra, testing: Centre to states amid Omicron threat

Variant found first in South Africa has multiple mutations, has been detected in Hong Kong, UK, Israel and Botswana. It is yet to be detected in India

Travel curbs tighten across the world as nations prep to tackle new variant

Cases involving the omicron variant have already been confirmed on multiple continents

Study warns China of 'colossal outbreak' of Covid-19 if it opens up

China is expected to continue its much-criticised Zero COVID policy, shutting the country to most of the world as a new study has warned of a colossal outbreak with over 6.30 lakh patients per day

More than 5,000 Kerala teachers yet to take Covid vaccine: Minister

Kerala Education Minister, V. Sivankutty on Sunday said that more than 5,000 teachers of the state have not yet inoculated themselves

Arunachal Pradesh logs nine fresh Covid-19 cases, five recoveries

Arunachal Pradesh reported nine new COVID-19 cases, seven more than the previous day, pushing the tally to 55,269, a senior health official said here on Sunday.