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29 Dec

Due to increase of Covid-19 cases, UAE tightens entry requirements

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Due to major spike in cases of Covid-19 in the United Arab Emirates, the emergency, crisis and disasters committee of Abu Dhabi has tightened entry requirements. The committee said that from December 30, vaccinated individuals will need a green status on the Alhosn App on their phones, while the unvaccinated will need a negative RT-PCR test result received within 96 hours to enter Abu Dhabi. Till now, the UAE has reported nearly 755,000 cases, 2,160 fatalities and 742,565 recoveries due to Covid-19. The active cases stand at 10,186. On Tuesday, 1,846 more people were detected as Covid-19 positive while one…

29 Dec

I-League has suspended for two weeks

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After covid-19 cases were reported inside the bio-secure bubble in Kolkata the Hero I-League has suspended for two weeks. According to report,at least 15 players have tested positive for the virus. In addition to that eight more players from seven other teams who have been putting up in the Kolkata hotel have tested positive for the virus. The I-League committee is all set to meet in the afternoon and will announce the final decision. A total of 13 teams are playing this season’s I-League which started only three days back.

28 Dec

New omicron cases in India

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India has witnessed another fresh Omicron cases on Tuesday. The health ministry’s official tally says that there are 653 confirmed cases of Omicron variant across India. The official data says that 6,358 new cases of Covid-19 were detected across India in the span of last 24 hours. While several states have imposed night curfews in wake of the Omicron surge, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s has taken the call on the Graded Response Action Plan or GRAP which comes into affect immediately. Schools, malls, gyms have been closed and markets will now work on odd-even basis. The Delhi metro will run on…

21 Dec

31 out of 54 Omicron patients discharged in Maharashtra

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31 patients out of 54 who were infected with the new coronavirus variant Omicron in Maharashtra till now have been discharged from hospitals on Monday. No new cases of Omicron by the WHO, was reported in the state on Monday, keeping the newly discovered strain's tally constant at 54, he said. Of these, the highest 22 cases were from Mumbai. According to the health department, 31 of the 54 patients infected with Omicron so far have been discharged from hospitals after they returned negative RT-PCR test reports. Since 1st December, as many as 1,36,400 travellers have arrived from overseas, including…

16 Dec

Omicron threat: Sec 144 imposed in Mumbai for 14 days

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With over two dozen cases of new highly-infectious Covid-19 variant Omicron, the Maharashtra government has decided to curb huge gatherings and launch crackdown against violators. The total Omicron cases now have shot up to 32 with four new cases being reported - two from Osmanabad and one each from Mumbai and Buldhana. The Mumbai Police has extended the 144 CrPC by another fortnight. “Section 144 will be imposed from 0001 hrs of 16 December and will be in force till 2400 hrs of 31 December,” states the order signed by deputy commissioner of police (operations) Chaitanya S. The BrihanMumbai Municipal…

13 Dec

3 more people from London test positive for Covid in Bengaluru

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Three persons, who arrived from London to the KempeGowda International Airport (in Bengaluru, tested positive for Covid-19 in RT-PCR tests. As per the protocol 30-year-old woman and 6-year-old two boys have been taken to hospital and kept under isolation. Since they have arrived from a high risk zone, the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. So far, three patients have tested positive for Omicron variant in the state. Two have travel history and one did not have any travel history. The health department initiated a series of measures to contain the infection from the new variant. However, the state…

08 Dec

Delhi detects 51 fresh cases of Covid-19

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Delhi detected 51 fresh cases of Covid-19 out of 50,023 tests conducted throughout the national capital, according to the latest health bulletin issued by the Delhi government. This showed a decline in the number of such cases from those registered on Sunday — 63. The positivity rate was calculated as 0.10 per cent. There was no death caused by the coronavirus and 19 patients who recovered were discharged by different hospitals. There were 376 active cases in Delhi and the count of patients getting medication under the home isolation system was 152. Only 173 beds were occupied out of the…

03 Dec

New York records 5 cases of Omicron variant

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New York has confirmed five cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, taking the tally of the strain in the US to eight, Governor Kathy Hochul informed on Friday. "New York State has confirmed five cases of the omicron variant. Let me be clear: This is not cause for alarm. We knew this variant was coming and we have the tools to stop the spread," Kathy Hochul said in a tweet. "Get your vaccine. Get your booster. Wear your mask," she said Other cases of the Omicron variant in the US have been reported in the state of Minnesota, Colorado, while…

03 Dec

International air travellers test Covid positive in Tamil Nadu; tests will ascertain if Omicron variant

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Two international air travellers, who had arrived in Tamil Nadu from Singapore and the United Kingdom have tested positive for Covid-19 and the government ruled out social media reports claiming they were cases of Omicron but said tests only would conclude if they are infected with the latest variant of the coronavirus. The Health and Family Welfare Minister, Ma Subramanian, reported to the reporters a man who arrived from Singapore to Tiruchirappally in the wee hours and the child who had come along with its family here from the UK have tested positive for Covid and regretted that there were…

02 Dec

India registers 9,765 fresh Covid cases, 477 deaths

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India logged 9,765 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, below the 10,000-mark for sixth day in a row, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said on Thursday morning. With the addition of 477 fatalities, the total death toll has climbed at 4,69,724. The recovery of 8,548 people in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of the recovered patients to 3,40,37,054. Consequently, the recovery rate stands at 98.35 per cent, the highest since March 2020. India’s active caseload presently stands at 99,763. It constitutes 0.29 per cent of the country’s total positive cases, which is…