The woman had arrived in Indore 12 days ago and while returning to Dubai, she was found infected with COVID-19 at the airport.
As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the country ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immediately.
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The active cases have declined to 75,456 comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.40 per cent.
In the advisory, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said States and Union Territories may consider imposing need based, local curbs and restrictions, to control the crowd during the festive season.
With 249 new coronavirus cases, Delhi witnessed the highest single-day rise in over six months. Following this Delhi govt imposed night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am, starting December 27.
The healthcare and frontline workers and citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities would be administered the third dose of the same vaccine they had been given before.
This latest news comes after Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use for kids aged between 12-18 years.
The predominant strain in India is Delta including the recently identified clusters. Therefore, we need to continue with the same strategy of COVID appropriate behaviour and ramping up of vaccination, said Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG-ICMR.
Delhi on Thursday had achieved the milestone of administering at least one dose of Covid vaccine to all above 18, government data showed.
The Centre earlier this week asked the states and Union Territories to step up scrutiny and consider taking measures like night lockdowns and bans on gatherings.
Haryana Health Minister said from January 1 people who have not got the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would not be permitted to congested public places.
In view of the rise in the number of Omicron cases in the national capital, authorities in Delhi have banned Christmas, New Year gatherings
As per available data 327 teaching/non-teaching staff of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Central Board of Secondary Education expired due to COVID-19.
The central government has been regularly reviewing the pace and coverage of COVID-19 vaccination and has issued multiple advisories to states and union territories to cover eligible beneficiaries with both doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the country has reported more than 200 cases of Omicron so far. In a tweet shared in the morning, the Ministry said that Delhi and Maharashtra have reported 54 cases each.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 79,097, the ministry data showed today.
"Cases have continued to increase in South Africa, with a smaller but clear rise in hospitalizations.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, the country saw a total of 8,077 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,41,87,017.
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