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Omicron Is Not Common Cold: Centre's Warning As Case Positivity Rises
As many as 300 districts in India are reporting weekly Covid case positivity of more than 5 per cent, the Union government said on Wednesday as it urged people not to treat infection due to Omicron variant as common cold and get vaccinated.
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Everyone Will Get Omicron, Boosters Won't Stop It: Top Medical Expert
Stressing that Covid is "not a frightening disease anymore" as the new strain is milder and is leading to much less hospitalisation, he said that it's a disease we can deal with.
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Maharashtra Man Had Omicron, Test Showed After He Died Of Heart Attack
A 52-year-old man, who recently travelled to Nigeria, tested positive for the Covid's fast-spreading Omicron strain after he died of a heart attack at a hospital on the outskirts of Pune.
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200 Omicron Cases In India, 54 Each For Maharashtra, Delhi
The number of cases of Covid's fast-spreading strain Omicron has crossed the 200-mark in India, the Union Health Ministry said today.
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"14 Lakh Cases Daily": Centre Warns On Omicron Spread With UK Parallel
Omicron is spreading at a very fast pace in India and the scale of infections in the UK and France could translate to lakhs of cases a day in the country, the government's Covid task force chief said today.
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Opinion: UK Doctor's Perspective On India vs Omicron
It's back. Not that it had ever gone away, but the old Delta variant cases are down, masks have slipped, it is wedding season, and life is resuming a semblance of normality. Sadly, Omicron is likely to change all that.
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Maharashtra's First Omicron Patient Tests Negative, Discharged From Hospital
The man, a resident of Kalyan-Dombivli municipal area near Mumbai, was unvaccinated and had arrived at the Delhi airport from South Africa via Dubai before flying to Mumbai in the last week of November.
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Opinion: On Omicron, Airports In India Show How Wrong We're Getting It
The entire Omicron saga seems to be one of various agencies and experts jumping guns. And it offers lessons about how not to communicate.
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Mumbai's Omicron Watch: 100 Passengers Untraceable
Amid the Omicron scare, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation chief Vijay Suryavanshi today said 109 out of 295 recent foreign returnees to the township in Thane district were untraceable currently.
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Amid Omicron Alarm At Delhi Airport, 20 Test Counters For Foreign Flyers
The Delhi airport authorities today said 20 dedicated counters have been set up for the passengers arriving from "at risk" countries and having pre-booked their mandatory COVID-19 test, after many flyers complained of crowding at the terminal
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Vaccines To Third Wave, Centre Answers Key Questions Amid Omicron Fears
While there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, some of the mutations reported may decrease the efficacy of the jabs, the Union Health Ministry said.
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"If It Crosses Critical Point...": Karnataka Expert's Warning On Omicron
Following the detection of two cases of Covid's Omicron variant in Karnataka, there is concern over what the state government can and should do next.
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Both Omicron Cases Found In India Have Mild Symptoms, Says Centre: 5 Points
Two Omicron cases have been detected in India, the government said today. Both the cases have been reported in Karnataka. The new variant, first discovered in southern Africa, represents a fresh challenge to global efforts to battle the pandemic.
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No Case Of Covid Omicron Variant In India So Far: Health Minister To MPs
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya today said that no cases of new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' have been reported in the country, so far.
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'Omicron Possibly Already In India': Top Government Expert To NDTV
'Omicron' is possibly already in India and it may be a matter of time before it's detected, Dr Samiran Panda, head of Epidemiology at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), told NDTV.
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Omicron Is Not Common Cold: Centre's Warning As Case Positivity Rises
As many as 300 districts in India are reporting weekly Covid case positivity of more than 5 per cent, the Union government said on Wednesday as it urged people not to treat infection due to Omicron variant as common cold and get vaccinated.
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Everyone Will Get Omicron, Boosters Won't Stop It: Top Medical Expert
Stressing that Covid is "not a frightening disease anymore" as the new strain is milder and is leading to much less hospitalisation, he said that it's a disease we can deal with.
-
Maharashtra Man Had Omicron, Test Showed After He Died Of Heart Attack
A 52-year-old man, who recently travelled to Nigeria, tested positive for the Covid's fast-spreading Omicron strain after he died of a heart attack at a hospital on the outskirts of Pune.
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200 Omicron Cases In India, 54 Each For Maharashtra, Delhi
The number of cases of Covid's fast-spreading strain Omicron has crossed the 200-mark in India, the Union Health Ministry said today.
-
"14 Lakh Cases Daily": Centre Warns On Omicron Spread With UK Parallel
Omicron is spreading at a very fast pace in India and the scale of infections in the UK and France could translate to lakhs of cases a day in the country, the government's Covid task force chief said today.
-
Opinion: UK Doctor's Perspective On India vs Omicron
It's back. Not that it had ever gone away, but the old Delta variant cases are down, masks have slipped, it is wedding season, and life is resuming a semblance of normality. Sadly, Omicron is likely to change all that.
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Maharashtra's First Omicron Patient Tests Negative, Discharged From Hospital
The man, a resident of Kalyan-Dombivli municipal area near Mumbai, was unvaccinated and had arrived at the Delhi airport from South Africa via Dubai before flying to Mumbai in the last week of November.
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Opinion: On Omicron, Airports In India Show How Wrong We're Getting It
The entire Omicron saga seems to be one of various agencies and experts jumping guns. And it offers lessons about how not to communicate.
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Mumbai's Omicron Watch: 100 Passengers Untraceable
Amid the Omicron scare, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation chief Vijay Suryavanshi today said 109 out of 295 recent foreign returnees to the township in Thane district were untraceable currently.
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Amid Omicron Alarm At Delhi Airport, 20 Test Counters For Foreign Flyers
The Delhi airport authorities today said 20 dedicated counters have been set up for the passengers arriving from "at risk" countries and having pre-booked their mandatory COVID-19 test, after many flyers complained of crowding at the terminal
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Vaccines To Third Wave, Centre Answers Key Questions Amid Omicron Fears
While there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, some of the mutations reported may decrease the efficacy of the jabs, the Union Health Ministry said.
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"If It Crosses Critical Point...": Karnataka Expert's Warning On Omicron
Following the detection of two cases of Covid's Omicron variant in Karnataka, there is concern over what the state government can and should do next.
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Both Omicron Cases Found In India Have Mild Symptoms, Says Centre: 5 Points
Two Omicron cases have been detected in India, the government said today. Both the cases have been reported in Karnataka. The new variant, first discovered in southern Africa, represents a fresh challenge to global efforts to battle the pandemic.
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No Case Of Covid Omicron Variant In India So Far: Health Minister To MPs
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya today said that no cases of new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' have been reported in the country, so far.
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'Omicron Possibly Already In India': Top Government Expert To NDTV
'Omicron' is possibly already in India and it may be a matter of time before it's detected, Dr Samiran Panda, head of Epidemiology at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), told NDTV.
