Coronavirus pandemic: India adds over 3.33 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 17.78%; 525 deaths
India | January 23, 2022 9:42 ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 21,87,205 the health ministry data showed today.
The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 21,87,205 the health ministry data showed today.
The so-called "red setting" of the country's pandemic response includes heightened measures such as required mask wearing and limits on gatherings, and the restrictions will go into effect on Monday.
The govt said still passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility.
The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 21,13,365 the health ministry data showed today.
India reported a total of 10,050 Omicron cases on January 21. There was also an increase of 3.69% cases since January 21 (Friday) so far.
Johnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists think it is likely that the surge of infections prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant “has now peaked nationally.”
In the 'Revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Management of COVID in Children and Adolescents', health ministry said that masks are not recommended for children aged 5 years and below.
Diseases are endemic when they occur regularly in certain areas according to established patterns, while a pandemic refers to a global outbreak that causes unpredictable waves of illness.
The technology developed by experts at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), is capable of accurately diagnosing Covid-19 in just a few minutes -- far more quickly than a PCR test, which typically takes around 2 hours -- and with 98 per cent accuracy.
The BJP emerged as the single largest party bagging 384 seats against the MVA tally of 944 comprising Nationalist Congress Party's 344, Congress' 316 and Shiv Sena's 284 seats.
Pharma companies Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech had submitted applications to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking regular market authorisation for their respective COVID-19 vaccines Covishield and Covaxin.
The govt-run hospitals have been asked to find a suitable replacement for retired and transferred nursing personnel.
After the massive spread of COVID on campus, to control the spread of virus further, admin has made containment zones inside academy itself.
The research report, published recently in the journal ‘Viruses’, also urged members of the public to be aware of possibility of infecting their pet cats, dogs if they have COVID.
ICMR Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Dr Samiran Panda said that Omicron variant of coronavirus is gradually replacing Delta variant in many states across India.
An individual's immunity which has been primed by prior infection or vaccination has the memory of the parent virus. But because Omicron is a deviant, meaning it has deviated quite a lot from its parent Covid strain, it has many dissimilarities.
In his speech at the Davos Agenda, a virtual event being held this week by the World Economic Forum, Bancel said this date was a "best case scenario", but that he believed it was possible for some countries next year, CNN reported.
Speaking on how the pandemic can now be expected to progress, the virologist pointed out that Omicron is not "fathered, or mothered, by Wuhan-D614G, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Kappa or Mu and That much is for sure".
The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 15,50,377 health ministry data showed today.
Delhi's previous biggest daily jump of 28,395 cases was recorded on April 20 last year.
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