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Whether more Covid curbs needed will be reviewed: Delhi health minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said whether further Covid-related restrictions need to be imposed in national capital will be reviewed as hospital admissions are less, despite rise in cases.

Omicron less severe as it mostly avoids attacking lungs, show studies

A series of recently published studies found that the fast-moving Omicron variant may be less severe than other Covid strains because of the way it attacks the lungs, media reports say

India sees 22,775 new Covid cases in a day, active infections cross 100,000

India saw a single-day rise of 22,775 new cases, highest since October 6, while number of active cases surpassed one lakh and Omicron infection tally reached 1,431,Union Health Ministry said

Confident that Covid will end in 2022, says WHO chief amid Omicron scare

The World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he is optimistic that the Covid-19 pandemic will be defeated in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its spread.

Noida's active Covid-19 cases nearing 200, Ghaziabad crosses 100-mark

Gautam Buddh Nagar currently has the highest number of active cases in UP followed by Lucknow (152) and Ghaziabad

Set up 24x7 RAT booths at different locations: Centre to states, UTs

Amid the new surge in Covid cases, the Centre has asked all states and union territories to set up round-the-clock Rapid Antigen Test booths at different locations, engage medical and paramedical staff, and encourage the use of home test kits for symptomatic individuals. In a letter to all chief secretaries, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said any individual having fever with/without cough, headache, sore throat, breathlessness, body ache, the recent loss of taste or smell, fatigue, and diarrhoea should be considered as a suspect case of COVID-19 unless proven otherwise. "All such individuals must be tested. While awaiting the test results, they should be advised to immediately isolate themselves and follow the home isolation guidelines of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare," the letter said. It said that as of now, India has a network of 3,117 molecular testing laboratories, which includes 2014 RT-PCR, 941 TrueNat, 132 CBNAAT and .

Covid: Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, says report

A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 states and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday

Covid-19 pandemic: Hospitalisation among children hits record high in US

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, almost 199,000 children were reported infected with Covid-19 in the week ending December 23

'We threw out any plans we had': CEOs are forced to embrace uncertainty

At companies large and small, new and old, public and private, 2021 was a year that played havoc with expectations

Covid-19 pandemic: Omicron dampens New Year celebrations across the globe

Countries rattled by the new variant mark the end of 2021 with muted celebrations

Covid-19 pandemic: 10 new cases push Nagaland's tally to 32,201

The new cases were registered in Dimapur district

TN sees further rise in daily Covid-19 cases: 1,155 infected, 11 fatalities

New Covid-19 infections have been increasing in Tamil Nadu over the last two days.

India is far behind the world in administering booster shots, shows data

The UK and Israel are close to covering half their population with booster shots; even Brazil and Russia have administered a booster shot to 11 and 5 per cent of their population, respectively

Covid-19 pandemic: Himachal Pradesh adds 87 cases, one more death

The state's coronavirus tally increased to 228,857 on Friday

Maharashtra reports steep Covid surge, logs 8,067 new cases in last 24 hrs

On Thursday, the state had reported 5,368 new coronavirus cases

Learn to live with SARS-CoV-2 as its variants will continue to emerge: Kang

'I believe we should be sending children to school, as generally COVID-19 infections are not much severe in children,' says the virologist

Covid LIVE: Increase RAT, encourage use of home test kits, govt to states

Any individual with cough, headache, sore throat, breathlessness, body ache, the recent loss of taste or smell, fatigue, and diarrhea should be considered as a suspect case of Covid, says Centre

Covid: Amid Omicron scare, medical oxygen infrastructure augmented in Delhi

Amid a spike in Omicron cases, the Delhi government has ramped up medical oxygen infrastructure to ensure availability of the life saving gas, according to official data. The government has also procured 6,000 D-type cylinders. One D-type cylinder can hold 46 litres of oxygen. Such cylinders were not available in the city till May 31. The data showed that the Delhi Transport Corporation has over 9,115 cylinders in its possession. The city also has Pressure Adsorption plants that have a capacity of producing 99.66 metric tonnes of oxygen. There were no such facilities in Delhi till May 31. The government will also be installing four more plants by January 5, 2022. Two cryogenic bottling plants with capacity of 12.5 metric tonne will be commissioned this week, and these will have the capacity to refill 1,400 jumbo cylinders in a day. Till May 31, the government had three refillers that could fill about 1,500 cylinders per day. The national capital has been seeing a surge in coro

Covid: Kerala logs 44 more Omicron cases; state's tally rises to 107

Kerala on Friday reported 44 more cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, taking the total number of infections in the state to 107, the state Health Department said.

Bengal asks teachers with cough, cold, fever to not attend schools

The state registered more than 1,000 fresh cases on Wednesday after a gap of nearly six months