Covid India

Amid global concern over the highly contagious Omicron variant of coronavirus, a 72-year-old man has tested coronavirus positive in Jamnagar city of Gujarat following his return from Zimbabwe.

Five contacts of an Omicron patient have turned out to be Covid positive, Karnataka announced today, shortly after the Union health ministry said the first patients of the new Covid variant have been found in the state.

The Centre's 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign for door-to-door Covid vaccination has led to a 5.9 per cent rise in the first dose coverage and an 11.7 per cent hike in the second dose coverage till November 30, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.

Scientists have found a possible trigger behind the extremely rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, an advance that may help design new and improved preventives against the viral disease.

Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D will initially be used in 7 states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, UP and Bengal, which have been recommended to identify the districts with a high number of people who have not received a single dose yet.

International passengers arriving at the Delhi airport shared mixed experiences as the fresh guidelines for fliers, particularly for those from 'at risk' nations, entered the second day today. Airport officials, however, said that adequate arrangemen

Passengers from three "ultra-risk" nations will undergo mandatory institutional quarantine under the revised airport rules in Maharashtra in view of Covid's Omicron variant. Passengers from "at risk" nations have to follow central rules.

Maharashtra Chief Secretary Debashish Chakravarty on Thursday said the state government was considering a revision of its air travel guidelines, a day after the Centre wrote to the state saying its order was in divergence with the COVID-19 SoPs.

Four more travellers from "at-risk" countries tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi today, officials said.

Four more international passengers who arrived in Mumbai from 'at risk' countries - where the new Covid variant, Omicron, has been detected - have tested positive for coronavirus. This takes the total number of such positive patients to 10.

With 9,765 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,46,06,541, while the active cases increased to 99,763, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will meet state and UT officials to review Covid testing and surveillance measures at international airports. India yesterday enforced strict rules for foreign arrivals, particularly from nations with Omicron cases.

The Hingoli Municipal Council in Maharashtra has decided to lure people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by offering them prizes like LED TVs, refrigerators and washing machines, officials said on Thursday.

India today for the first time reported 'Omicron' cases in the country with two cases being detected in Karnataka. The new strain of the virus has triggered a global alarm with several countries announcing restrictions to arrest the spread.

Maharashtra needs to be more careful than other states regarding the new Covid variant Omicron as it was "hit first and hit the hardest" last time, state minister Aaditya Thackeray has told NDTV.

Amid global concern over the highly contagious Omicron variant of coronavirus, a 72-year-old man has tested coronavirus positive in Jamnagar city of Gujarat following his return from Zimbabwe.

Five contacts of an Omicron patient have turned out to be Covid positive, Karnataka announced today, shortly after the Union health ministry said the first patients of the new Covid variant have been found in the state.

The Centre's 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign for door-to-door Covid vaccination has led to a 5.9 per cent rise in the first dose coverage and an 11.7 per cent hike in the second dose coverage till November 30, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.

Scientists have found a possible trigger behind the extremely rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, an advance that may help design new and improved preventives against the viral disease.

Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D will initially be used in 7 states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, UP and Bengal, which have been recommended to identify the districts with a high number of people who have not received a single dose yet.

International passengers arriving at the Delhi airport shared mixed experiences as the fresh guidelines for fliers, particularly for those from 'at risk' nations, entered the second day today. Airport officials, however, said that adequate arrangemen

Passengers from three "ultra-risk" nations will undergo mandatory institutional quarantine under the revised airport rules in Maharashtra in view of Covid's Omicron variant. Passengers from "at risk" nations have to follow central rules.

Maharashtra Chief Secretary Debashish Chakravarty on Thursday said the state government was considering a revision of its air travel guidelines, a day after the Centre wrote to the state saying its order was in divergence with the COVID-19 SoPs.

Four more travellers from "at-risk" countries tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi today, officials said.

Four more international passengers who arrived in Mumbai from 'at risk' countries - where the new Covid variant, Omicron, has been detected - have tested positive for coronavirus. This takes the total number of such positive patients to 10.

With 9,765 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,46,06,541, while the active cases increased to 99,763, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will meet state and UT officials to review Covid testing and surveillance measures at international airports. India yesterday enforced strict rules for foreign arrivals, particularly from nations with Omicron cases.

The Hingoli Municipal Council in Maharashtra has decided to lure people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by offering them prizes like LED TVs, refrigerators and washing machines, officials said on Thursday.

India today for the first time reported 'Omicron' cases in the country with two cases being detected in Karnataka. The new strain of the virus has triggered a global alarm with several countries announcing restrictions to arrest the spread.

Maharashtra needs to be more careful than other states regarding the new Covid variant Omicron as it was "hit first and hit the hardest" last time, state minister Aaditya Thackeray has told NDTV.