Both prime cities have noted that 80 per cent of the Covid-19 hospital beds stayed unoccupied even though the fast-transmitting Omicron variant led to a massive surge in cases from the start of the year.
“In countries like India where the inequalities in education were already prevalent before the pandemic and the learning poverty levels were already gigantic, there is a lot at stake. Nearly two years later, schools remain closed for millions of children, and others may never return to school. The loss of learning that many children are experiencing is morally unacceptable,” World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra said.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of the dramatic surge in the number of daily new cases across the country.
ATK Mohun Bagan was scheduled to take on Odisha FC in the 2021-22 ISL on Saturday. However, a COVID outbreak in the ATKMB camp has led to the match's postponement.
Novak Djokovic has been detained in Australia ahead of the Australian Open. He has failed to provide enough documents to support his vaccine exemption. Meanwhile, his lawyer reveals that his COVID infection granted him the same.
We’re not going to totally eradicate Covid-19, but we will see it move out of the pandemic phase and into the endemic phase.
The first dose of Covid-19 vaccine began at Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru with special access to children for 15-18 age group with special needs; let us know what a paediatrician has to say about it.
Mumbai, meanwhile, continued to see a surge in the number of new infections.
Those eligible for the latest round of vaccinations can either register themselves on Co-WIN from today onwards or avail of walk-in registration when immunization begins on January 3.
Data suggests that the Omicron peak in the country had passed without any major spike in deaths.
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