By PTI DEHRADUN: Eighty-five students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Nainital’s Gangarkot tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the administration to declare the school a micro containment zone. He said samples of 496 students and school staff were sent for the RT-PCR testing after 11 students of the school tested positive recently. Eighty-five students of Classes … Read more
नई दिल्ली: दुनिया में एक बार फिर से कोविड 19 का खतरा बढ़ रहा है. कोरोना का नया वेरिएंट ओमिक्रॉन अफ्रीकी देशों में फैलने के बाद दुनिया में भी अपने पैर पसारने लगा है. इसी बीच एक दिग्गज क्रिकेटर कोरोना वायरस से संक्रमित हो गया है. ये क्रिकेटर और कोई नहीं बल्कि ऑस्ट्रेलिया के दिग्गज … Read more
By Express News Service BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh targets to render first dose of the Covaxin to 15 lakh teenagers on the first day of the two dose COVID vaccination starting from Monday for those aged between 15 and 18 years. A total of 48 lakh teenagers aged between 15 and 18 years are to be … Read more
Since the start of the national COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 last year, India has administered to over 90 per cent of its eligible citizens first doses and 65 per cent second doses. Source link
By PTI PUNE: Five out of over 5,000 persons who were among those who visited the Jaystambh military monument in the district on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 in rapid antigen tests, officials said. Lakhs of people paid tributes at the monument to mark the 204th anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle. “There was a … Read more
By PTI AHMEDABAD: Gujarat reported 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the tally of such infections in the state to 136, the health department said. The day before the state had reported 16 such cases. Ahmedabad city alone accounted for 11 new Omicron cases, Surat four, Vadodara, Anand and … Read more
By Associated Press MONROE: President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Saturday, handing a victory to 24 states that had sued the federal government. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the Biden administration unlawfully bypassed Congress when ordering … Read more
By ANI ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government on Sunday warned of the beginning of another COVID-19 wave in the country amid rising cases following the emergence of the Omicron variant. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Chief and Planning Minister Asad Umar took to his official Twitter handle and stated that genome sequencing has shown … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: The notion that Omicron is a natural vaccine is a “dangerous idea” spread by irresponsible people who don’t take into account “long COVID” about which very little is understood, experts have said. The Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is said to be much more infectious than the other variants, is, however, … Read more
By PTI JAMMU: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi have ordered closure of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University till further orders after 13 students tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Sunday. The decision to close the university located at Kakriyal near Katra town, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine, was … Read more