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Urgent need to scale-up public health, social measures: WHO on Omicron

The World Health Organization on Saturday stressed on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread

S Korea reports 7,314 more Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 558,864

South Korea reported 7,314 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 558,864.

India logs 7,145 new infections; active cases in country decline to 84,565

India logged 7,145 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,33,194

Finland reissues nationwide face mask recommendation amid Covid surge

The Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has reissued nationwide recommendation on using face masks, as Covid-19 infections surge

France announces new measures to curb spread of Covid amid holidays

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a series of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during holiday seasons

No scientific data to suggest Covid pills will be useful now: ICMR

The scientific data on anti-viral Covid pills still does not support that these medicines will be useful at the moment, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said

India logs 7,447 new Covid infections active cases decline to 86,415

India logged 7,447 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,26,049

No Covid deaths reported in UP due to oxygen shortage: State govt

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday claimed that no deaths had been reported in the state because of lack of oxygen during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK reports new daily record for Covid cases, logs 88,376 infections

Britain's government says it recorded another record daily number of Covid-19 cases

India reports 7,974 new Covid cases; with 343 deaths, toll jumps to 476,478

In the past 24 hours, India registered 7,974 new Covid-19 cases and 343 deaths, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.

Covid cases in Brazil rise by 5,446 to over 22.2 mn: Health Ministry

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 5,446 to 2,22,01,221 within the past 24 hours

Australia's New South Wales sets record for daily Covid cases at 1,742

Australia's New South Wales sets record for new COVID cases Australia's New South Wales state recorded 1,742 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, its highest daily total since the pandemic began.

UK sees record highest daily Covid cases at 78,610 amid Omicron spread

The UK on Wednesday recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 78,610 new cases

US witnesses a double coronavirus surge as omicron variant advances

Omicron speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases

India logs 6,984 new Covid infections, active cases decline to 87,562

India logged 6,984 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,10,628

South Korea sets new Covid cases record as officials plan restrictions

Halting its steps toward normalcy, South Korea will clamp down on social gatherings and cut the hours of some businesses to fight a record-breaking surge of the coronavirus

Italian govt to extend Covid state of emergency until March next year

The Italian government has approved a decree allowing the extension of the national state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic for another three months.

US Covid-19 death toll crosses 800,000, a year into vaccine drive

The US death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, as more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring.

IIT Delhi develops kit that can detect Omicron variant in 90 minutes

Researchers at IIT Delhi's Kusuma School of Biological Sciences have developed an RT-PCR based assay for the specific detection of the Omicron (B.1.1.529.1) variant of SARS-CoV-2.

Delhi detects 4 more cases of Omicron variant, tally rises to 6: Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said four more cases of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, have been detected in the national capital and all have travel history to foreign countries. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has not spread in the community so far and the situation is under control, he added. "So far, six people have been found Omicron positive in the capital. One of them has been discharged. All of them had travelled to foreign countries and were transferred to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital from the (Indira Gandhi International) airport," Jain told reporters. So far, 74 travellers have been sent from the airport to the hospital, where a special ward has been set up for isolating and treating suspected cases of Omicron. Thirty-six of them have been discharged and 38 are admitted to the hospital. Delhi's first patient of the Omicron variant -- a 37-year-old man from Ranchi -- was discharged from the LNJP hospital on Monday after he .