Omicron scare News
According to experts, about 20 symptoms of Omicron have been reported.
Omicron has more than 30 mutations on its spike proteins
There is no understanding if Omicron infection would happen again
'Please be safe and take care of yourselves diligently,' writes Sussane Khan after testing Covid positive.
Omicron could be an indicator that people can live with Covid as an endemic disease.
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"The symptoms are just like flu such as fever and weakness," said the expert.
India recorded 90,928 new COVID-19 cases, 325 deaths on Thursday.
The daily positivity rate stands at 6.43 percent while the weekly positivity rate stands at 3.47 percent.
"Delhi being the capital of the country has been the first to impose maximum restrictions, it doesn`t seem like a lockdown is needed right now," said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
The entire campus of the institute has been declared a containment zone with immediate effect until the area is declared safe.
An increase of 71,397 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The country also recorded 19,206 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,43,41,009.
Hong Kong has tightened COVID-19 restrictions as authorities feared a fifth wave.
It has announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries.
The Russian Academy of Sciences President Alexander Sergeyev also stated that the current Covid-19 pandemic will transform into seasonal epidemics starting from 2022.
The Omicron variant multiplies about 70 times faster inside human respiratory tract tissue than the Delta variant, according to scientists at the University of Hong Kong.
An increase of 22,781 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The country also recorded 10,846 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,42,95,407.
Precautionary dose of COVID-19 vaccine is primarily to mitigate the severity of infection, hospitalisation, death
Next year, govt will send SMS to eligible elderly population to remind them for taking the precautionary dose
63.5% of India's population are now fully vaccinated
The rapid spread of Omicron infection has contributed to the total tally of Covid infection in India. The country's overall Covid cases tally crossed the 9,000-mark on Wednesday.
Long queues of commuters were seen outside various Delhi Metro stations for the second consecutive day today
The rush was in the wake of the imposition of fresh curbs by authorities to check the spread of COVID-19 in the city
MHA issued orders to all Chief Secretaries in the states and UTs in view of the current COVID-19 situation
It stressed "the need for strict and prompt containment actions at the local and district levels"
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A striking feature of the omicron variant is the alarming number of changes in the virus's spike protein that could pose a threat to the effectiveness of current vaccines and therapeutic antibodies.
One more case of Omicron was detected in Kerala on Saturday
A 51-year-old Kannur native has been detected with the new variant
Kerala's Health Minister Veena George gave this information today
Union Health Ministry decided to deploy multi-disciplinary Central teams to 10 identified states
Some of these states are either reporting an increasing number of Omicron and COVID-19 cases or slow vaccination pace
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