Corona Updates

Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, researchers at IIT Kanpur affirmed the possibility of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by February 3, 2022. The report published in the online preprint health server MedRxiv has raised…
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The Omicron variant, which was first reported last month from South Africa, has fuelled thousands of cases worldwide and forced governments to impose stricter restrictions including travel bans. The speed with which Omicron infections have…
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New Zealanders celebrated Christmas on Saturday in the warmth of mid-summer with few restrictions, in one of the few countries in the world largely untouched by the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Ninety-five percent of adults in New Zealand…
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Amid the countrywide rise in Omicron cases, the Uttar Pradesh government has reintroduced the Corona night curfew from the night of December 25. The curfew will be in place from 11 pm to 5 am. Chairing a high-level meeting, the chief…
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Thailand reported on Friday its first domestic cluster of coronavirus infections from the omicron variant in Kalasin province in northeastern Thailand, officials said. “From the Kalasin cluster, there are 21 new infections,” said country’s…
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India recorded its highest number of Omicron cases crossing the 300 case mark on Thursday, December 23 taking up the tally to 341 cases. The single-day jump was at 84 cases in the last 24 hours. The state of Tamil Nadu recorded the highest…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised the prevailing idea of blanket administration of booster doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pointing out that undertaking such a policy will widen the…
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Amid growing concerns over Omicron, the highly infectious new variant of the coronavirus, the Maharashtra government will on Friday issue a set of fresh guidelines keeping in mind the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. The…
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The US on Thursday authorized Merck & Co’s antiviral pill for COVID-19 for certain high-risk adult patients, a day after giving the go-ahead to a similar but more effective treatment from Pfizer Inc. Merck’s drug, molnupiravir,…
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Maharashtra on Thursday detected 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 taking the statewide count to 88. Among the new cases, 13 patients were found in Pune, five in Mumbai, two in Osmanabad and one each in Thane, Nagpur and…
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