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Decision to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children ‘unscientific’? Here’s what AIIMS doctor said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced that the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children is set to commence but not everyone seems happy with this decision.
Dr Sanjay K Rai, a senior epidemiologist at Delhi AIIMS, has termed the…
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Third wave may start if cases keep on rising for two more weeks: Experts
Mumbai The rise in the average daily cases in Mumbai this month has triggered one question- is it the beginning of the third wave already? Epidemiologists and health experts, who are closely monitoring the situation, said that if the rise…
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Omicron threat: Night curfew in Delhi from December 27 amid spike in COVID cases
The Delhi government on Sunday (December 26) announced that night curfew will be returning to the capital from tomorrow (December 27). The move to tighten COVID-19 protocol comes in the wake of recent COVID-19 case spike.
Delhi is also the…
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Huge spike in Covid cases as China scrambles to contain outbreak
China on Sunday reported 206 new Covid-19 cases, including 158 locally transmitted infections for December 25, the highest numbers in several months as central health authorities scramble to contain the current outbreak ahead of the…
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Himachal, Madhya Pradesh Report First Omicron Cases, All Came From Abroad
Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday reported their first cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In Madhya Pradesh eight people who had returned from abroad tested positive. In Himachal Pradesh one case was confirmed from…
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Covaxin Cleared For Children Above 12 By Drug Regulator
Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has been approved for emergency use on children between the ages of 12 and 18 by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). India will start rolling out vaccines for children in the age group of…
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Booster dose for health workers, COVID-19 vaccines for children: Key highlights from PM Modi’s…
As the Omicron variant has spread to many states in the past few weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to address the nation on the night of December 25, urging citizens to keep calm and maintain all the proper COVID-19 restrictions…
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Omicron alert: Centre to send multi-disciplinary teams to 10 states
In view of rising concerns over the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Centre has decided to send special multi-disciplinary teams to 10 states and Union territories, which are either reporting a high number of…
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India’s Omicron case tally rises to 415, Maharashtra tops with 108 cases
Amid the surge in new COVID-19 variant Omicron cases, on Saturday, India reported 7,189 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.
The tally of cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus in the country…
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Omicron spread: 108 countries and over 1.5 lakh patients in a month
The Omicron variant, which was first reported last month from South Africa, has fuelled thousands of cases worldwide and forced governments to impose stricter restrictions including travel bans.
The speed with which Omicron infections have…
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