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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

Covid cases on rise in Telangana; logs 5 Omicron, 280 fresh infections

The number of fresh Covid cases has outnumbered recoveries for the past few days

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi sees 1,313 fresh cases, highest since May 26

With the new cases, the cumulative total has risen to 1,446,415

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

LIVE: Mumbai sees over 3,600 new Covid cases in a day; over 1,300 in Delhi

Mumbai posts 46% jump in daily cases; Delhi passes 1,000-mark after 7 months

'Durability of immunity post Covid infection persists for about 9 months'

The virus infects an individual in natural settings, and elicits three kinds of responses - antibody mediated, cell mediated immunity, and immunological memory, said ICMR Director General

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

Spread of Omicron variant, dollar gains stall world stocks' rally

Sentiment was supported, however, by signs that governments are trying to limit the economic damage by relaxing rules on isolation

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

Covid: Maharashtra, Delhi, WB, TN emerging as states of concern, says govt

Eight districts reporting over 10% Covid weekly positivity; 14 districts reporting positivity between 5%-10%, says govt

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