Cities scrambled to install hospital beds & build fever screening clinics Tuesday as authorities reported five more deaths, with growing concern about virus mutations among others.
This Omicron sub-lineage may have increased ability to infect people who’ve been infected before, or are vaccinated, according to some scientists. However, there's no govt data on this.
The peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that immunity induced by China’s vaccination campaign in March would be 'insufficient' to prevent an Omicron wave.
BA.2.12.1, along with its sister lineage BA.2.12 , was also reported to be behind the Covid surge in the US this month. Delhi reported 965 new cases of Covid Friday.
Case fatality rate in 3rd wave was 0.35% compared to 1.29% for 2nd wave. Only 10% of deaths in 3rd wave were of fully vaccinated people, of whom most had comorbidities, govt says.
The country's Covid death toll climbed to 4,98,983 with 1,008 daily fatalities, while the active cases decreased to 15,33,921, the health ministry's data showed.
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Israel had assessed samples from 47 individuals vaccinated with either Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for the study.
Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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