Coronavirus News

The Centre on Monday announced that Covid-19 vaccination for children in the age group will begin from Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

An uncompromising response to a spike in local Covid-19 cases in the financial hub of Shanghai is testing the resolve of residents, with a wave of school closures and other draconian measures causing disruptions throughout the city.

In the guidelines, sent to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, the home secretary also emphasised that the wearing of masks, maintaining social distancing, hand hygiene and ventilation in closed spaces, as mandated in the National Directives for COVID Management, should continue to be enforced. COVID Management should continue to be enforced.

The country saw a total of 60,298 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.03 per cent and total recovery data reached to 4,20,37,536.  

BMC stated thirteen of the 190 infected patients were under the age of 18. 11 of these were infected with Omicron.  

Speaking about the risk of suffering from extended COVID following Omicron, the UN health agency stated that while the possibility is high (when compared to other variations), further research is needed.  

The new figures show the country's total caseload has increased to 42,586,544, with death toll at 5,07,981.

 The number of daily fatalities in the country has declined, with 657 patients succumbing to the viral disease in the last 24 hours.  

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 1,67,882 patients were cured in the last 24 hours. And 1,241 died due to the coronavirus infection.

As per Glenmark, the FabiSpray is intended to kill the Covid-19 virus in the upper airways. The nasal spray has proven antimicrobial properties.