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Covid impact: Maharashtra bans non-essential public movement at night

Private offices have been advised to function with 50 per cent by rationalizing attendance and staggering work hours

Empty market places in urban areas of Karnataka due to weekend curfew

The state government ordered a weekend curfew and a night curfew for two weeks as a measure to check the spread of Covid

Election Commission banks on vaccination for 'Covid-safe' polls

The Election Commission is relying on enhanced vaccination of both polling personnel and voters to deliver a 'Covid-safe' election in five states amid a surge in coronavirus cases

Bengal reports 18,802 new Covid cases, 19 more fatalities in last 24 hours

West Bengal on Saturday reported 18,802 new Covid cases, which raised the tally to 17,30,759, the state health department said in its bulletin.

Daily Covid cases cross 5,000 in Kerala, second time in January

Saturday recorded 33 Covid deaths taking the total death tally to 49,547

Mumbai reports 20,318 fresh Covid-19 infections, five deaths

The city now has more than one 100,000 active cases

Covaxin booster dose may give long-term immunity: Bharat Biotech

90% of recipients had a detectable neutralising antibody response against the wild-type strain (6 months after the second dose), the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker said

Covid-19 may raise diabetes risk in children, says CDC Study

A heightened risk of diabetes has already been seen among adults who recovered from Covid-19, according to some studies

Covid cases rising in Maha, but hospitalisation, oxygen demand low: Tope

He said the state task force and health department had given their assessment of the COVID-19 situation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who will decide on the extent of restrictions

68 personnel at CBI Mumbai office test positive for Covid-19

The CBI had asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to test 235 persons working at the BKC office, an official of the central agency said

14 fresh Omicron infections in Odisha, state's tally rises to 75

The state government is trying to expand its genome sequencing capability, even as the daily test positivity rate has jumped from 1.13 per cent on January 4 to 5.51 per cent on January 8

Study finds N95 respirators can be safely decontaminated up to 25 times

The research has been published in the 'American Journal of Infection Control'

Only vaccinated passengers allowed on suburban trains in Chennai region

The Southern Railway also warned of collecting Rs 500 as fine from a passenger who is found not wearing a face mask in the premises

Consider bankers as frontline workers for booster dose: AIBOC to FM

In a letter addressed to the Finance Minister, All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) also suggested the implementation of a 5-day week to break the chain of the spread of the virus

Lateral flow tests may fail to spot Omicron amid severe infection: Study

The study was published on the preprint website Medrxiv and has not been peer-reviewed

Delhi may record 20,000 fresh Covid cases with positivity rate of 19%: Jain

Delhi is likely to record around 20,000 Covid cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of around 19 per cent, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.

Over 20 mn children in 15-18 age group vaccinated with first dose so far

'Great Going, my Young Friends,' tweeted Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Data shows Omicron variant driving third wave of pandemic across states

The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic across all states is being driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, official sources said on Saturday, citing the latest data. Till a few days ago it was only in the western region of the country that the surge in Covid cases was due to Omicron, while in the northeastern states, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Odisha the Delta variant was predominant. A source said, however, the latest data suggests that all eastern states have also reported high numbers of Omicron cases. "So going by that it can be said that the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic across all states is being driven by the fast-spreading and highly transmissible Omicron variant," the source said. India saw a single-day rise of 1,41,986 new coronavirus infections taking the total case tally to 3,53,68,372, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The government has reiterated and urged people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and avoid mass ...

Covid-19: Study predicts India to witness third wave peak between Feb 1-15

India's R-naught value which indicates the spread of COVID-19 was recorded at 4 this week, suggesting a very high infection transmission rate, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras

Covid-recovered at 3-5 times more Omicron reinfection risk: WHO

Individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 are 3 to 5 times more likely to be reinfected with the Omicron variant compared to Delta, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)