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DATA STORY: India logs 10,549 cases in 24 hours; 65,808 added in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,202,703,659 vaccine doses. That is 3480.5 per cent of its total caseload, and 85.97 per cent of its population

Global Covid caseload tops 260.5 mn, deaths surge to more than 5.18 mn

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths

PM Modi to hold key meeting on Covid-19 situation, vaccination status today

The meeting comes after the WHO on Friday designated the new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected in South Africa this week, as a "Variant of Concern" and named it 'Omicron'

Study on 2 booster candidates to anticipate omicron-like mutations: Moderna

The pharma company is studying two booster candidates designed to anticipate mutations similar to the Omicron variant

Pfizer, BioNTech unsure of vax effectiveness against new Covid variant

The companies also promised to develop a new vaccine against the variant in about 100 days

New Covid-19 variant 'Omicron' triggers global alarm, market sell-off

WHO said Omicron may spread more quickly than other forms, and preliminary evidence suggested there is an increased risk of reinfection

Too early to call new Covid variant more lethal, transmissible: ICMR

The variant has not been detected in India yet

No case of new coronavirus variant detected at Delhi airport: Lab

Passengers coming from 'at-risk' countries have to give their samples at the airport for RT-PCR testing, according to the Union Health Ministry's rules

Chhattisgarh sees 33 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 319

The number of recoveries rose to 9,92,794 after nine people were discharged from hospitals

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records 852 cases, 34 deaths

Currently 78,122 people are in home quarantine and 1,052 in institutional quarantine

Belgians, Dutch face new Covid-19 measures to curb new spike

Spikes in cases and hospital admissions exceeded even the worst medical predictions, forcing Belgium into quick action

Will flight restrictions help as new coronavirus variant emerges?

The risks of the variant, called omicron, are largely unknown

Covid-19 pandemic: Ladakh reports 38 new cases, 1 death

Ladakh has reported 38 new cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally to 21,435 while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 213, officials said on Friday.

For the second time since second wave, no Covid-19 deaths in Assam

Assam reported zero deaths due to COVID-19 on Friday. It was for the second time since the second wave of the pandemic hit the state, no death was reported in a day. COVID fatalities were nil for the last time on October 19. Meanwhile, 175 new cases were detected during the day, higher by 35 against the previous day, a National Health Missio (NHM) bulletin said. Among the fresh infections, Kamrup Metropolitan recorded 92, Barpeta (nine), and Darrang and Dibrugarh (eight each). The coronavirus death toll was 6,086, while the virus tally increased to 6,16,312. Five people had succumbed to the infection on Thursday. The number of COVID-19 positive patients dying due to other reasons remained at 1,347, the bulletin said. The daily positivity rate of the 32,344 samples tested was put at 0.54 per cent. The cumulative COVID-19 tests conducted in the state so far are 2,56,25,731. Altogether 219 patients recuperated from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of re

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal's cases, deaths declining for 3 days

So far, 9,07,28,531 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been given to beneficiaries in the state

Tracking multiple coronavirus variants that have been active over time

Variants of concern have been detected across continents but their designations - as a variant of concern - took varying amounts of time

India releases list of 'at-risk' countries after new Covid variant found

India to resume scheduled international flights from Dec 15, says Aviation Ministry

Decoded: Why a new South African Covid-19 variant has got the world worried

The variant, termed B.1.1.529, has as many as 32 spike mutations, and has made its way to countries such as Hong Kong and Israel

WHO designates new Covid strain as variant of concern, names it 'Omicron'

An advisory panel of the World Health Organisation classified a new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa as a highly transmissible virus of concern and named it omicron under its Greek-letter system. The announcement Friday from the United Nations health agency marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a COVID-19 variant as such. The delta variant, which has become the world's most prevalent, is in the same category.

New Covid variant triggers alert: World prepares to go into shell, again

UK, EU apply travel restrictions ; don't be hasty, says WHO