Dec. 2, 2021 — South Africa’s COVID-19 cases almost doubled within 24 hours, jumping from a reported 4,300 new cases on Tuesday to 8,500 new daily cases on Wednesday, according to the BBC. Health officials have confirmed that the new Omicron variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in South Africa and is driving a … Read more
The Indian government has so far not announced any travel ban for passengers coming from affected countries like South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong. In the wake of the emergence of an extremely infectious Covid-19 variant, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has called an emergency meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the national capital. … Read more
The UK variant of coronavirus had 23 mutations Not the new variants, but people stopping to adhere to Covid appropriate behaviour is the reason for the surge of cases in India, said virologist Shahid Jameel. According to the expert, there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that the new variants are responsible for the sharp … Read more
The rollout of the programme has not uniform across the country with Bihar having covered 81% of its healthcare workers but Delhi having vaccinated only 42.36%. In Punjab and Tamil Nadu, the levels are below 40%. The ICMR is making efforts to test the efficacy of the vaccine against the South African and Brazilian strains … Read more