Corona Updates

India reported 1,17,100 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, nearly 8 days after the country crossed the 10,000 mark, as the virus continued to spread at an unprecendented pace, largely driven by the Omicron variant, which is now present in 26…
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In view of the rising number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases around the globe, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said the “tsunami of cases” – driven by the new, highly transmissible…
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Omicron – the new, highly transmissible variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus – has taken the world by storm, driving up daily Covid-19 numbers in exceptional measures. Although there currently is a debate among public health professionals…
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India reported its second death from the new Omicron variant on Thursday from Odisha’s Balangir district, the first being a 74-year-old man from Rajasthan’s Udaipur, Health Ministry confirmed. This is the first Omicron death reported from…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday hit out at anti-vaccine groups who spread “mumbo jumbo” on social media but ruled out the UK following some European countries in making Covid-19 vaccination a mandatory legal requirement.…
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Restrictions imposed in the wake of the omicron coronavirus variant have “wiped out” much of a recent recovery enjoyed by UK bricks-and-mortar stores, the British Retail Consortium revealed Friday. Much of the progress made in late 2021…
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Amid the current surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has tested positive for the virus on Thursday. The Congress leader announced the same through his official handle on Twitter. Gehlot’s…
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Mumbai today posted a 33 per cent hike in daily cases over yesterday as it detected over 20,000 Covid infections in 24 hours for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. Four related deaths were also recorded in the same period.…
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Four major Canadian paediatric hospitals have warned that with “the rise of Omicron, hospitals are starting to see a disturbing, potential new trend – admissions of infants with Covid-19”. The four hospitals, CHEO in Ottawa, The Hospital…
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दिल्ली में तेजी से बढ़ते कोरोना मामले पर स्वास्थ्य मंत्री सत्येंद्र जैन ने माना है कि कोरोना की तीसरी लहर आ चुकी है। उन्होंने कहा कि यह देश के लिए तीसरी लहर है मगर दिल्ली की यह पांचवी लहर होगी। कोरोना के तेजी बढ़ते मामले ओमिक्रॉन वैरिएंट…
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