Here are the latest updates about the new coronavirus variant: The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation will meet on Monday...
Here are the latest updates about the new coronavirus variant:
- The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation will meet on Monday to discuss the matter of inoculating children and administering additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to those with a weak immune system, reported the Hindustan Times. The meeting comes amid concerns about a third wave of the coronavirus disease following the emergence of the Omicron variant.
- United States’ health officials said that the Omicron variant has spread to about one-third of the country’s states but the Delta version remained the majority of Covid-19 infection, reported Reuters. The states of New York, Connecticut, California, Colorado, , Hawaii, Louisiana, Utah, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin have so far reported Omicron cases, according to a Reuters tally.
- The tally of the Omicron variant in India on Sunday rose to 21 after seven new cases were detected in Maharashtra, one in Delhi and nine in Rajasthan. Till Saturday, Karnataka had confirmed two cases of the variant, while Maharashtra and Gujarat had each reported one patient infected with the new strain.
- Amid concerns about the Omicron variant, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed RT-PCR testing facilities for passengers coming from at-risk countries at the Delhi airport. In a tweet, the health minister said 35...
