The active cases increased to 4,72,169 comprising 1.34% of the total infections. Meanwhile, the recovery rate decreased to 97.30%, according to the data from the Health Ministry.
The guidelines will come into force from 11 January. Previously, travellers coming from 'at risk' countries had to get their Covid test done upon arrival and wait till results were out.
Low vaccination rates in countries without widespread access to vaccines could foster the evolution of further variants, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Centre's health officer Rajesh Bhushan will brief the election body for the second time in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur amid the rising Covid cases in the country.
The officials are part of the team attached to the three election commissioners. At least one of them travelled to UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa to review poll preparations.
The two-week ban until 20 January will also apply to flights from Australia, Canada, France, Pakistan and the Philippines, Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam says.
Omicron has been detected in 23 states and UTs with Maharashtra having the maximum number of cases (568), followed by Delhi (382). Kerala, Rajasthan and Gujarat have over 150 cases.
The health ministry clarified that the national regulator had approved the shelf life extension of Covishield and Covaxin in February and October, 2021 respectively.
Pre-print study conducted in Gauteng, South Africa, says infections are likely milder due to a less virulent virus, and high immunity from prior infection(s) or vaccination.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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