The World Health Organization (WHO) has informed that there is a decrease of 29% in Covid cases reported in South Africa, a country where the Omicron variant of Covid-19 first mutated.
All the doctors who have tested Covid positive at NMCH in Patna are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Delhi recorded the highest number of 263 Omicron cases as of today, followed by Maharashtra at 252, Gujarat 97, Rajasthan 69, Kerala 65 and Telangana 62.
The Maharashtra government issued new COVID-19 guidelines prohibiting gathering of more than five persons in public places from 9 pm-6 am, among other such measures, applicable from the intervening night of December 24-25.
The US has been experiencing slow population growth for years but the pandemic exacerbated that trend.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is well prepared to fight omicron with 66.6% of its population fully vaccinated.
Dr Fauci said that the PCR tests, often considered the 'gold standard' for Covid testing, are accurate for detecting Omicron.
The government said the death certificates made no mention of 'death due to lack of oxygen' in any of the 22,915 patients that died due to the pandemic.
So far, Omicron cases have been detected in Maharashtra, which has the highest, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Delhi.
"The next one could be worse. It could be more contagious, or more lethal, or both," warned the scientist behind the creation of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, administered in India as Covishield to protect against COVID-19,
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that only Punjab reported four 'suspected' deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second wave.
The 'at-risk' nations (updated on November 30) are countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Israel.
The B.1.1.529 Covid variant or Omicron, first detected in South Africa last week, was designated by the World Health Organisation as a 'variant of concern', the health body's top category for worrying coronavirus variants.
The emergence of the new variant, Omicron, has triggered widespread concern as multiple mutations have been found in the strain.
The daily rise in the number of new coronavirus cases has been below 20,000 for 54 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 156 consecutive days now.
Earlier the state government had announced to reopen the schools from December 1, however, after Mumbai now Pune becomes the second municipal corporation in the state to postpone the reopening of schools.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 1,03,859 (lowest in 544 days), the ministry data showed today
Five relatives of some of these inmates also tested positive for the coronavirus and they too were admitted to the civil hospital.
The Maharashtra government has also said that any individual who will fail to follow the issued protocol shall be fined Rs. 500 for each instance of default.
Meanwhile, India on Saturday reported 8,318 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
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