A massive mock drill drive was conducted across the nation at Covid hospitals under the supervision of the respective state health minister. Authorities stepped up measures to stop the Covid spread as the new year celebration is approaching.
China's new announcements have come at a time when the country is grappling with a sudden spurt in coronavirus infections fuelled by the Omicron variants after the Xi Jinping regime relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy earlier this month.
China Covid Wave: A leaked document, purportedly from China's National Health Commission, said around 248 million, roughly 17.56 per cent of the total population were affected by the recent surge in infections from December 1 to 20.
Indian government issued fresh guidelines considering the worsening Covid situation in China, Japan and other countries.
Covid: The man returned to Agra from China via Delhi on December 23 following which he was tested at a private lab. The report came out positive for Covid, he added.
China has a population that is very large and there's limited immunity. And that seems to be the setting in which we may see an explosion of a new variant, said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University.
The JD(S) has come down heavily on the government's move, saying the advisory is aimed at restricting it from taking out 'Pancharatna Yatra.'
Covid preparedness: It seems that authorities learnt a lesson from the Oxygen crisis that took place during the second wave which claimed hundreds of lives due to mismanagement of the Oxygen supply and lack of ventilators.
Covid BF7 Variant in India LIVE Updates: Union Health Minister Mandaviya made a suo motu statement in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on India's preparedness, saying the government is constantly monitoring the situation. States resorted to alert mode and they are assessing their preparedness.
China Covid Wave: Even as country is witnessing one of its most contagious Covid wave, Chinese officials and companies are letting positive people return to work in a bid to keep the economy running.
Covid: The Centre has issued protocols to be complied by international travellers as well as points of entry (airports, seaports and land border) and shall be valid w.e.f. December 24, 2022 till further orders, as Covid cases rise in some countries.
Covid New Wave: Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said that if the cases continue to increase in the coming days, it may have implications on imports.
Covid New Wave: Just when people were taking a breather from long months of Covid-led pandemic and life was normalising with offices and colleges and schools back to routine, the news from China of a new variant surging and causing havoc has again made citizens and authorities anxious.
COVID-19: An official said that mainly visitors from China, Japan, Brazil, the United States and European countries are being screened and their samples collected at tourist sites, including the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Akbar's Tomb.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting after a sudden rise of Covid cases in China and some other countries which have raised concerns of a possible new wave across the world.
China Covid Wave: Experts are of the view that the efficacy of the Chinese-home-made vaccines are not up to the level of foreign-made mRNA vaccines, as the former provide only 50 per cent efficacy.
Covid-19: Earlier on October 17, Prakash Kumar Singh, director of government and regulatory affairs at SII, submitted a market authorization application to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the heterologous booster dose of Covovax.
China Covid Blast: We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies we have requested, and which we continue to request. As I have said many times before, all hypotheses about the origins of Covid19 pandemic remain on the table, WHO Director said.
China Covid Wave: As Covid cases are rising in China, India is on alert, with Centre giving new directions to health bodies to pep up Covid appropriate behaviour and conducting genome sequencing to identify the sub-variant of the virus.
China Covid wave: The new Omicron sub-variant is more infectious than previous variants. A person infected with BF.7 variant can infect 10 to 18 people.
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