Coronavirus Vaccine Registration, Coronavirus Omicron Variant Cases in India Highlights: Goa government has announced new restrictions to contain COVID-19 spread. As per the directive casinos, cinema halls, auditoriums, river cruises, water parks and entertainment parks are to operate at maximum of 50% capacity.
Only fully-vaccinated or those possessing negative COVID certificate will get entry into the state, Goa government said.
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On the domestic front, progress in vaccination has enabled the recovery to regain traction after the debilitating second wave of the pandemic, notwithstanding signs of slowing pace more recently; the corporate sector is gaining strength and bank credit growth is improving: RBI (ANI)
Full vaccination certificate or negative COVID certificate not older than 72 hours is required for entry into Dehradun: District Magistrate R Rajesh Kumar(ANI)
The Indian government has permitted the export of 7 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covovax’ produced by Serum Institute of India here to Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, official sources said on Wednesday.
Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India (SII), Prakash Kumar Singh had submitted an application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), seeking no objection to export the vaccine doses to the foreign countries, official source said. | Read More
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 85 fresh cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the highest single-day tally recorded so far by any state in the country, taking the overall count to 252, the state health department said.
“Today, 85 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported in the state. Of these, 47 patients have been reported by the National Institute of Virology (NIV – (where samples were sent for genome sequencing) and 38 by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER),” a health bulletin said. | Read More
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 143.75 crore on Wednesday, the Union health ministry said.
As many as 57,03,410 vaccine doses had been administered till 7 pm on Wednesday, it said.
The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night, the ministry said. | Read More
Of the vaccines against COVID-19 approved in India, Covovax would be a better booster for those who were administered Covishield jabs than another dose of the same vaccine, according to the data available presently, noted virologist Dr Shahid Jameel said.
Jameel, the former head of the advisory group to the Indian SARS-COV-2 Genomics Consortia (INSACOG), said there is no data for the other combinations of vaccines as of now. | Read More
About 38 per cent of the total samples analysed at various genome sequencing laboratories in Delhi in the past one week have been detected with Omicron variant of Covid, according to officials documents, as the cases of the new variant saw a record spike in this period in the national capital.
The documents shared by official sources also showed that of the 468 samples analysed during December 21-28, the Delta variant of coronavirus was detected in 31 per cent of these samples, and the rest constituted other variants. | Read More
France registers 2 lakh daily COVID cases in a new record: AFP (ANI)
Goa Govt announces new restrictions to contain COVID-19 spread
Casinos, cinema halls, auditoriums, river cruises, water parks & entertainment parks to operate at maximum of 50% capacity
Fully-vaccinated or those possessing negative COVID certificate to get entry into the state (ANI)
Gujarat reports 19 new Omicron cases in the last 24 hours, the total tally reaches 97 (ANI)
Punjab has reported its first Omicron case with a 36-year-old man, who returned from Spain earlier this month, testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus.
The man, who arrived in India on December 4, visited his relatives in Nawanshahr in Punjab, a health official said. | Read More
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hinted at bringing back Covid curbs in the state amid the threat of a possible third wave of the pandemic looming large, including shutting down educational institutions and identifying containment zones.
Banerjee, during an administrative review meeting at Sagar Island, asked officials concerned to review the overall pandemic situation in the state. | Read More
COVID-19 | Delhi reports 923 positive cases, zero deaths and 344 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Active cases at 2,191
Total positive cases 14,45,102
Total Deaths 25,107 | Read More
Karnataka reports 566 new COVID cases, 245 recoveries, and 6 deaths today
Active cases: 7,771
Total recoveries: 29,59,674
Death toll: 38,324 (ANI)
Uttarakhand reports 38 new COVID cases, 42 recoveries, and one death today, taking active cases to 222 and death toll to 7417: State Health Department (ANI)
Dr Dangs Lab as central lab conducted tests in all three trial phases of Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine, says Dr Arjun Dang (ANI)
Andhra Pradesh reports 10 Omicron cases on Tuesday, total tally reaches 16: State Gov (ANI)
Kerala on Wednesday logged 2,846 new COVID-19 infections and 211 deaths, which took the caseload to 52,30,249 and the fatalities to 47,277 till date.
Of the 211 deaths, 12 were recorded over the last few days and 199 designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court. | Read More
The year 2021 may go down as one of the most painful years in recent memory for India. From languid, weak and financially drained family members scurrying around for hospital beds to embittered young minds bearing the brunt of a strained and stretched healthcare lattice, it was all along a story of sorrow unfolding. In a matter of just four months, what began as an uptick in Covid cases in late February culminated in distressing images of dead bodies strewn across rivers banks. While the calendar year has thankfully concluded, the story of the virus, its variants and their sub lineages is far from over. | Read More
COVID-19 | Mumbai reports 2,510 new cases, one death and 251 recoveries today (ANI)
Rajasthan records 23 fresh cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus, tally of such cases rises to 69 in state: Officials (PTI)
In view of rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal chairs a review meeting (virtual) with Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also present at the meeting. (ANI)
COVID-19 | Last week we were reporting 150 cases per day, now we are reporting around 2000 cases per day. Mumbai may cross 2000 per day cases today: Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aditya Thackeray (ANI)
DMRC says it has deployed 15 flying squads across Delhi Metro network to ensure that COVID safety protocol is strictly adhered to by passengers inside trains & premises (ANI)
Maharashtra: Nagpur district administration bans parties on the New Year eve (ANI)
NCP Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday said she has tested positive for COVID 19. Sule (51), Lok Sabha MP from Baramati and daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, said her husband Sadanand Sule has also been detected with the infection. - PTI