COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.49 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 9.27%; 1,072 deaths
India | February 04, 2022 9:36 ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 14,35,569 the health ministry data showed.
The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 14,35,569 the health ministry data showed.
Odisha govt has also allowed the institutions to open their hostels with COVID protocols issued by govt. Mohapatra further stated in the ongoing academic session students will have option to choose between physical classes, online classes and hybrid mode of education.
Earlier, World Health Organisation (WHO) claimed Covid symptoms take around five to six days to appear after infection. Latest reserch showed that symptoms start to develop very fast, on average about two days after contact with the virus.
The experts advised cancer patients to take a high protein diet as they are low on immunity levels. Vaccines have shown to be safe in cancer patients. Besides getting vaccinated, they must avoid crowded places, maintain proper hand, social distancing, respiratory and lavatory hygiene and wear masks at all times, they said.
According to Health Ministry, "More than 164.89 cr vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category."
A subvariant of highly contagious Omicron, which some studies indicate could be even more infectious than original version, has been detected so far in 57 countries, WHO added.
WHO Director General Tedros reiterated his concern over the narrative taking hold in some countries that "because of vaccines, and because of Omicron's high transmissibility and lower severity, preventing transmission is no longer possible and no longer necessary."
The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 16,21,603 the health ministry data showed today.
The Delta variant, which spiked last summer, only made up the remaining 0.1 per cent in the week ending Jan 29, Xinhua news agency reported.
Nagaland Health minister S Pangnyu Phom confirmed the detection of 54 cases of Omicron in the state. The minister assured that all possible measures were in place to monitor the situation.
Presenting the Budget 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman acknowledged that due to the pandemic-induced closure of schools, children, particularly in the rural areas, and those from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, other weaker sections, have lost almost two years of formal education.
The research, published in the journal Nature on Jan 31, demonstrated that the vaccines induce this protection through cellular immunity or the production of protective immune cells, such as so-called killer and memory cells.
The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the agency has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review of Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines.
PM Trudeau said two of his children have COVID and a test on Jan 31 revealed that he has been infected as well.
COVID appropiate behaviour like social distancing, mask-wearing, hand hygiene and sanitisation will have to be followed in the institution and the head of the institution should ensure adherence to it, says the order.
The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 18,84,937 the health ministry data showed today.
Some parked on the grounds of the National War Memorial and danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, others carried signs and flags with swastikas and some used the statue of Canadian hero Terry Fox to display an anti-vaccine statement, sparking widespread condemnation.
This week, pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and biotechnology company Moderna announced that they have initiated clinical trials in which they are dosing people with Omicron-based vaccines.
Markets, other business establishments in the state, will now be able to stay open till 10:00 pm, while Sunday's public discipline curfew has been abolished.
According to sources, the meeting will deliberate on reopening of schools, cap on 50 per occupation in theatres, pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants as well as the night curfew.
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