Topic: Coronavirus

The night curfew will be implemented from 11 pm to 5 am. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also instructed officials to cap the number of people at events like marriages to 200.

Centre is yet to recommend booster dose for Covid vaccine & CoWin neither allows registration for third dose nor issues certificate for it. But that appears to be no impediment for some.

Paxlovid is a combination of two drugs — nirmatrelvir and ritonavir — & is approved for those who are at high risk of progressing to severe Covid, including hospitalisation or death.

The central govt Tuesday said Omicron is at least thrice more transmissible than Delta variant & asked states/UTs to activate war rooms and keep analysing small trends and surges.

The choice of where to live, how to work and which schools to attend provided relative comfort for the rich, while billions of others scrambled for vaccines and work-life balance.

Active cases comprise 0.23% of total infections and the national recovery rate has further improved to 98.40%, the health ministry said.

Omicron infections have been detected in six other states, including Maharashtra which has 54 cases. A total of 6,317 new coronavirus cases were also lodged in the last 24 hours.

The findings drawn from datasets in Brazil and Scotland suggest that booster programmes are needed in those vaccinated with AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, known as Covishield in India.The findings drawn from datasets in Brazil and Scotland suggest that booster programmes are needed in those vaccinated with AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, known as Covishield in India.

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said vaccines are expected to still offer protection against severe disease and vaccination with the available Covid vaccines remains crucial.

Active cases have declined to 79,097, comprising 0.23% of total infections and the national recovery rate has improved to 98.40%, the health ministry said.