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Omicron 'not same disease' as earlier Covid waves: UK scientist

Several scientists have criticised the UK government's decision not to introduce further Covid restrictions before New Year's Eve

China's 'zero case' policy is under stress amid sudden spike of Covid cases

China's National Health Commission said on Thursday that 207 Covid-19 cases, including 156 new locally transmitted ones and 51 imported were reported on Wednesday

Two doses of J&J's vaccine slashes Omicron hospital stays

The results are a welcome bit of news as the explosive rise of omicron pushes the world to a record number of daily cases

DATA STORY: India's daily positivity ratio at 1.1; states sound alarm

India has so far administered 1,438,322,742 vaccine doses. That is 4130.49 per cent of its total caseload, and 102.82 per cent of its population

Denmark urges social restraint after record surge in Covid-19 cases

With a record number of 23,228 new Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, health officials in Denmark have urged citizens to "see as few people as possible" during the holiday season.

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 284.4 mn, deaths surge over 5.42 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 284.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.42 million and vaccinations to over 9.07 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Spain reduces Covid-19 quarantine to ease pressure on health service

Quarantine for people in Spain who have asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 was reduced from 10 days to seven to relieve pressure on public health service.

Covid-19 outbreaks at Madrid, Barca; Arsenal's Arteta positive

It is a further setback for Barcelona going into Sunday's match at Mallorca in seventh place with the team also depleted by injuries

Covid positivity rate goes up to 1.29% from 0.19% in Delhi in 7 days

According to the data, the positivity rate was 0.19 per cent on December 23 and it went up to 1.29 per cent on December 29 (Wednesday)

Goa sees 170 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 657

So far, 1,76,222 people have recovered from the infection, including 48 during the day

Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai's Omicron tally rises by 33 to touch 118

The reports from the National Institute of Virology arrived during the day, and of the 33 cases, 31 were detected at the airport and two through surveillance activity

Covid-19: Widespread flight cancellations continue as Omicron spreads

More than 850 flights were cancelled by midday Wednesday and that number has ticked higher throughout the day

Mumbai, Delhi and Gujarat report big spike in new Covid-19 cases

According to data from the Centre and the states, the total number of Covid cases in the country crossed 10,000 after a little over a month

Delhi records 923 Covid-19 infections, highest since May 30

The positivity rate climbed to 1.29 per cent from 0.89 per cent on Tuesday. No fresh fatality was reported

Covid-19 pandemic: Top cities see surge in cases, drop in testing

The positivity rate in the national capital was below 0.1 per cent until December 1, but has since risen to 0.63 per cent

Mumbai logs 2,510 new Covid-19 infections, highest since May 8

Tuesday had witnessed 1,377 cases in the metropolis, and Wednesday's figure was a jump by over 80 per cent

Clear data supporting very high immune escape potential of Omicron: INSACOG

In India, appropriate public health measures and investigations are being conducted for surveillance of Omicron, INSACOG said

Omicron threat: Covid's global surge raises testing, quarantine alarm

Almost 900,000 cases were detected on average each day around the world between December 22-28

Covovax better booster for Covishield-vaccinated people: Virologist

The central drug authority, CDSCO, approved Covovax on Monday

WHO's Tedros concerned about 'tsunami of cases' from Covid-19 variants

"Delta and Omicrom are now twin threats driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation and deaths," he said