Top Covid-19 Updates: Over 100 people without face mask penalised in Noida, Delhi govt issues SOP for schools

Top Covid-19 Updates: Over 100 people without face mask penalised in Noida, Delhi govt issues SOP for schools

Coronavirus April 22 Latest News: Delhi government issued Standard Operating Procedure today to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in schools. Some of the SOPs that are to be followed include availability of Quarantine room at schools and Teachers will daily ask the students about Covid related symptoms in students and their family members. The guidelines … Read more

‘Isolation’ not mandatory for foreign arrivals testing COVID positive: Authorities

‘Isolation’ not mandatory for foreign arrivals testing COVID positive: Authorities

According to the revised ‘Guidelines for International Arrivals’ released on Thursday, the new norm will apply from January 22 till further order. Travellers arriving in India from any country who will test positive for COVID-19 shall be treated/isolated as per the laid down standard protocol and will not mandatorily be managed at an isolation facility, … Read more

Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 230 days

Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 230 days

The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the highest in 230 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,86,761 with 310 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of … Read more

Joe Biden to double free COVID tests, add N95s, to fight omicron

Joe Biden to double free COVID tests, add N95s, to fight omicron

Biden also announced that starting next week 1,000 military medical personnel will begin deploying across the country to help overwhelmed medical facilities ease staff shortages due to the highly transmissible omicron variant. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the government will double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free … Read more

Covid-19: Omicron cases in the country surge to 3,007

Covid-19: Omicron cases in the country surge to 3,007

Maharashtra reported the highest number of Omicron cases with 876 infections, followed by Delhi at 465 cases, Karnataka 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala 284, Gujarat 204, Tamil Nadu 121, Haryana 114 and Telangana 117. India on Friday saw the number of Omicron cases climb to 3,007. Maharashtra reported the highest number of Omicron cases with 876 … Read more

Surge in cases indicative of third Covid wave in India: Expert

Surge in cases indicative of third Covid wave in India: Expert

Noting that in the major metro centres and the surrounding regions, the new variant of the virus is accounting for over 50 per cent of the fresh cases, Arora said, “The galloping increase in the number of Covid cases over the last one week is indicative of the third wave, as is being seen in … Read more

COVID-19: Rajasthan reports 21 new ‘Omicron’ cases

COVID-19: Rajasthan reports 21 new ‘Omicron’ cases

Rajasthan has reported 21 new cases of ‘Omicron’, taking the number of people infected with the new variant of COVID-19 to 43, an official said.Of these, 11 are from Jaipur, six from Ajmer and three from Udaipur. One of the patients is from Maharashtra. Results from National Institute of Virology Pune showed all of them … Read more

Of 183 Omicron cases analysed, 87 were fully vaccinated with 3 having booster shots, says govt

Of 183 Omicron cases analysed, 87 were fully vaccinated with 3 having booster shots, says govt

Two were partially vaccinated, seven people were unvaccinated while 16 were ineligible to receive vaccine doses in the country’s national vaccination programme. Of the 358 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus reported in India so far, 183 were analysed and it was found that 87 of them were fully vaccinated with three having received … Read more

Two hundred Omicron cases reported in India so far, 5,326 new COVID-19 cases

Two hundred Omicron cases reported in India so far, 5,326 new COVID-19 cases

Maharashtra and Delhi have recorded 54 cases of Omicron variant each, while Telangana registered 20 cases, Karnataka 19, Rajasthan 18, Kerala 15 and Gujarat 14 cases. Two hundred cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in India so far out of which 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the Union Health Ministry said … Read more

Twelve more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Twelve more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Of the 12 new cases, two were passengers from countries declared “at risk” by the Centre, while 10 came from other nations, a state health department bulletin said. The number of Omicron cases in Telangana rose to 20 with 12 more people testing positive for the new coronavirus variant on Saturday.Of the 12 new cases, … Read more