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Covid restrictions: Long queues outside metro stations; DTC buses damaged

Every year, revellers gather at Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, adjacent to the Rajiv Chowk metro station, to ring in the new year

Big steps forward

New authorisations should boost India's fight against Covid

Maharashtra sees big jump in Covid-19 infection count with 5,368 new cases

The state's recovery rate stands at 97.55 per cent

Coronavirus: MP sees 72 new cases, zero death; active count at 360

There are 360 active Covid cases in the state now

Health experts emphasise accelerating genome sequencing to detect Omicron

There are 961 cases of Omicron variant in India, out of which 320 patients have recovered, Union Health Ministry briefed.

India's R naught value is 1.22, Covid-19 cases are increasing, says govt

India recorded the highest single day rise of Omicron infections with 180 fresh cases, taking the total tally of such infections in the country to 961

Delhi govt sets up 350 isolation beds for int'l travellers, Omicron cases

Travellers from 'at risk' countries will be tested at the point of arrival

New coronavirus wave could be worse, warns Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

The Maharashtra capital on Wednesday reported 2,510 Covid cases

Mumbai records 46% surge in Covid-19 infections; zero fatalities

The new daily spike was highest since May 5

Covid-19: Spike with 707 new infections in Karnataka, 3 deaths

Bengaluru Urban district topped the list of positive cases

Covid-19 pandemic: Five more people test positive for Omicron in Odisha

Contact tracing of all these five Omicron positive persons is being carried out

Decision on which vaccine to be given as precautionary dose expected soon

Eligibility for the precaution dose will be based on the date of administration of the second dose as recorded in the Co-WIN system

West Bengal to suspend all flights coming from UK to Kolkata from Jan 3

West Bengal reported five more cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus on Tuesday taking the total number of patients infected by the new variant in the state to 11

Covid vaccines are disease-modifying, don't prevent infection: ICMR

The precautionary dose is primarily to mitigate the severity of infection, hospitalisation and death, says Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR

Kerala records 2,423 fresh Covid-19 infections, 164 fatalities

As many as 58,459 samples were tested in the last 24 hours

Uptick in Covid cases keeps Bengal health department on tenterhooks

The health experts are of the opinion that the rapid spread of the virus is a major concern

90% of adult population in India vaccinated with first dose: Govt

India has reported 13,154 new Covid-19 cases and 268 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday

R-value exceeds 2 in Delhi, Mumbai; indicates faster spread of coronavirus

The Reproduction number or R refers to how many people an infected person infects on average

UK pledges to provide $141 mln to help vulnerable countries fight Omicron

The fund will be used to increase testing capacities and improve access to oxygen supplies for ventilators

Goa to test all international passengers for Covid-19 on arrival

Goa has so far reported one case of the Omicron variant, while the number of Covid-19 cases is on a rise in the coastal state