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West Bengal announces fresh curbs, restricts flights from Mumbai, Delhi

Swimming pools, spas, gyms, beauty parlors, salons and wellness centers, entertainment parks, zoos and tourist places will be closed

Covid-19 pandemic: Expect a slow but steady start to teen vaccination

Day 1 to see a few hundred shots administered at most sites

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Health index needs a rejig

Odisha Covid update: State reports 23 new Omicron cases, tally rises to 37

Odisha has reported twenty-three new Omicron cases, taking the total tally of the cases of the new variant of coronavirus to thirty-seven

India's Covid vaccination programme one of world's most successful: Govt

India's vaccination programme against COVID-19 has been one of the most successful and largest in the world, the Union health ministry said

Centre asks states to re-focus efforts against Omicron, ramp up vaccination

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked the states to focus on planning with regard to the 15-18 age group vaccination and precautionary doses for eligible beneficiaries

Covid-19 pandemic: Top cities see surge in cases, drop in testing

The positivity rate in the national capital was below 0.1 per cent until December 1, but has since risen to 0.63 per cent

Railway coaches to Ayush clinics, India keeps beds ready with Omicron rise

The mainstream infrastructure has already been pushed into action, with hospitals now working to ramp up their Covid wards.

Vaccine makers bet global demand, boosters will drive growth next year

Domestic demand had fallen after cases began to decline. Omicron surge may reverse the trend

NEET row: Doctors to protest despite Mansukh Mandaviya's assurance

The meeting between a delegation of the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) and Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took place at Nirman Bhawan

13 Indian firms set to boost India's anti-Covid arsenal with a pill

The Subject Expert Committee in its meeting recommended the use of this drug to treat high-risk patients.

EC asks health secy to ramp up vaccination in five poll-bound states

The ministry has advised ramping up vaccination of all eligible population through a district-wise weekly plan with daily review

Centre asks states to ramp up vaccination as Omicron raises alarm

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan held a high level meeting with the five poll bound states of Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab

Health Ministry submits report on Covid-19 to Election Commission

The Assembly election is scheduled for five states - Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Punjab in 2022

Maharashtra: Covid-19 case count in Ahmednagar school rises to 51

The number of coronavirus positive cases at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district has gone up to 51, which includes 48 students, a health official said on Sunday.

Covid-19 pandemic: The quest for a disposable mask that won't pollute

To address that problem, dozens of manufacturers are working on biodegradable masks

Covid-19 vaccine stock-taking: Does India have enough to expand the drive?

Zydus Cadila's yet to be launched DNA plasmid vaccine ZyCoV-D is expected to add to the vaccine supply

Covid-19 pandemic: 19 fresh Omicron cases in Kerala takes tally to 57

: With 19 more people testing positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Kerala, the total number of infections by the new variant in the State reached 57, the Health Department said on Sunday.

Omicron: 68 patients currently admitted at LNJP Hospital; 40 discharged

LNJP Hospital is currently treating 68 patients of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, while 40 patients have been discharged, a senior official of the health facility said on Sunday.

Maharashtra logs 31 new Omicron variant cases, count reaches 141

Maharashtra reported as many as 31 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Sunday, taking the tally of such patients in the state to 141, the health department said. Of these, Mumbai saw 27 cases, which raised the city's count of such cases to 73, it said in a statement. All these cases were found through the screening at the Mumbai international airport. Four of the patients hail from Gujarat, three from Karnataka, two each from Kerala and Delhi, one each from Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and from other parts of Maharashtra - Jalgaon, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Aurangabad -, while two are foreign nationals, the department said. In Thane, two cases were reported on Sunday, and one each in Pune rural and Akola, it said. Of the total 141 Omicron patients detected so far in the state, 73 are in Mumbai, 19 in Pimpri Chinchwad (near Pune city), 16 in rural parts of Pune district, seven in Pune city, five each in Satara and Osmanabad, three in Thane city, two each in Kalyan Dombivli