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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

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

Mitigate Covid risk fully with vaccination for children, say doctors

With the government set to rollout vaccination for children in the 15-18 age group from January 3, doctors have welcomed the move saying only vaccination can mitigate Covid-19 risk fully

Karnataka to jab 310,000 in 15-18 age group, 1.2 mn elders from Jan 3

The Karnataka government has identified 31 lakh beneficiaries in the 15 to 18 age group for the first dose of vaccination and 12 lakh elderly people above the age of 60 years

Telangana Governor urges people to take 2nd dose of Covid-19 vaccines

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Sounderrajan has congratulated the state on achieving 100 per cent first dose vaccination and urged people to take the second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.On completion of 100 per cent vaccination of the COVID-19 first doses in Telangana, Governor visited Chintalbasti Urban Primary Health Center (UPHC) in Hyderabad on Wednesday.Addressing media persons yesterday, the Governor said: "Telangana has completed 100 per cent first dose vaccination and 65 per cent second dose vaccination. I appeal to the people to take the second dose of vaccination also. Just a single dose is not enough and the people have to take a second dose too. Now we have entered the era of taking booster dose."Expressing her happiness at the Telangana State achieving 100 per cent first dose vaccination, she congratulated and lauded the efforts of the State government, officials, doctors, ASHA workers, and other para-medical staff for achieving this remarkable feat.Soundararajan also thanked

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.

UK marks Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine's one-year anniversary

Our fight against COVID in the UK and around the world would not have been possible without the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, said PM Boris Johnson

South Africa's legislative capital encourages Covid-19 booster shots

South Africa's legislative capital Cape Town has encouraged eligible persons to report to vaccination sites as soon as possible for their Covid-19 booster shots.

Over 20 mn beneficiaries fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in Odisha

More than two crore beneficiaries are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 infection in Odisha, informed the Director of Health Services, Bijay Kumar Mohapatra on Wednesday.Speaking to ANI, Mohapatra said, "COVID-19 vaccination program is successfully going on in our state. We have now administered over 4.92 crore doses of COVID vaccine to the beneficiaries here.""Of these, more than two crore people are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 virus. We have set a target of vaccinating all the beneficiaries with both doses by January 15, 2022," he said.In a bid to achieve this target by January 15, 2022, the Director of Health Services said that the state government has started house to house vaccination campaign.He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced three major decisions in the fight against the disease including the start of vaccination for children in the 15-18 age group from coming January 3."PM Modi also announced that the healthcare and frontline workers ...

Covid-19 pandemic: Chhattisgarh sees 106 cases, highest since August

Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday directed district collectors to take all precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Covid

Nuclear treaty conference likely to be delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic

the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference was supposed to start Jan. 4 at the United Nations' headquarters

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)

Bengal logs over 1,000 daily Covid-19 cases after nearly six months

Kolkata registered 540 of the 1,089 new cases as the state's tally rose to 1,632,906

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

Maharashtra sees 3,900 Covid infections; Tope says rise in cases 'alarming'

The state recorded 20 fresh deaths, taking the number of fatalities to 1,41,496, the health department said

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

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