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Coronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates: Till Monday, 16 travellers arriving from at-risk countries and their nine close contacts had tested positive to COVID-19.

Coronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates: The number of COVID-19 positive air travellers who have returned to Mumbai from ‘at-risk’ countries climbed to 17 on Tuesday with the addition of one more patient to the list, the city civic body said. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said these 17 foreign returnees to the city – 13 males and four females – have tested positive for

COVID-19 and have been hospitalized. In a statement, the civic body said so far nine close contacts of these patients – five women and four men – have also tested positive for coronavirus. One more returnee was added to the list on Tuesday, taking the tally to 17, the BMC said. All coronavirus positive air travellers have been admitted to hospitals and their swab samples sent for genome sequencing to find out if they are infected with the new Omicron variant of the virus, the release said. Genomic sequencing is a process to decode genes in SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, to help scientists find which variant might be present in swab samples. On Monday, a 37-year-old man who returned to Mumbai from South Africa on November 25 and his 36-year-old close contact, a woman who landed at the city airport from the US the same date, were found infected with the Omicron strain. They were the first two cases of the new variant detected in Mumbai. Maharashtra has so far reported 10 cases of the new variant. However, no new infection of Omicron came to light in the last 24 hours, the state health department said. The BMC has been carrying out COVID-19 tests on international travellers who are arriving at the Mumbai airport from at-risk countries to check if any of them is infected with Omicron, classified as a ‘variant of concern’ by the WHO. Passengers arriving from these nations, where Omicron cases have been detected, have to follow additional COVID-19 testing and quarantine measures. Countries in Europe, including the UK, and South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tanzania and Israel have been placed in the at risk category, according to the Civil Aviation Ministry. According to the Union Health Ministry’s guidelines that came into force from December 1 following the emergence of Omicron, all passengers coming from at-risk countries have to compulsorily undergo RT-PCR test and 2 per cent of travellers arriving from other nations would have to take the test on a random basis.

One reason for that is a hesitancy by some based on religion. In the outbreak’s first days, religious leaders were reluctant to close shrines and holy sites despite the risks of virus transmission in crowded and inadequately ventilated spaces. (Image: AP)

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December 08, 2021 / 09:36 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | China approves Brii Biosciences’ COVID-19 treatment

China’s medical products regulator said on Wednesday it has approved the use of BRII Biosciences’ neutrialising antibody cocktail for COVID-19, the first treatment of its type against the disease approved in the country. The medicine, a combination of BRII-196/BRII-198, was approved to treat mild COVID-19 and the disease of “normal type” with high risk of progressing to hospitalization or death in adults and teenagers aged 12-17, the National Medical Products Administration said in a statement.
December 08, 2021 / 09:20 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | UK reports 131 new cases of Omicron coronavirus variant

Britain has reported 131 new cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the UK Health Security Agency said on Wednesday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 568.
December 08, 2021 / 09:18 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Madhya Pradesh logs 14 new COVID-19 cases; active infections at 140

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,93,288, after 14 persons tested positive for the infection on Wednesday, an official from the state health department said. As many as 13 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the count of recoveries to 7,82,619, while the toll stood at 10,529, as no fresh casualties were reported during the day, he said. The central state is now left with 140 active cases, he said. With 57,328 swab samples examined during the day, the number of tests conducted in the state went up to 2,23,22,163, the official added.
December 08, 2021 / 09:00 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Maharashtra sees 893 new cases, 10 deaths; no Omicron case reported in last 24 hours

Maharashtra reported 893 new coronavirus positive cases and 10 deaths, but did not record any new Omicron variant case in the last 24 hours, the health department said on Wednesday. With the fresh COVID-19 cases, the state’s overall infection tally reached 66,40,888 and the toll rose to 1,41,204, it said. On Tuesday, Maharashtra had recorded 669 coronavirus cases and 19 fatalities. The health bulletin said 1,040 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, which pushed the recovery count to 64,89,720. The state’s recovery rate stands at 97.72 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent, it said. A total of 6,63,88,902 tests have bee conducted in the state so far, 1,33,358 of them in the last 24 hours. Currently, 74,170 people are in home quarantine and 891 others in institutional quarantine, the department added. On the new strain of the virus, the bulletin said, “There is no new case of Omicron variant in the state today. As of today, there are 10 cases of Omicron variant in the state,” it added. A total of 46,590 international travellers arrived in the state through the Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports.
December 08, 2021 / 08:57 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Jharkhand Health & Disaster Management Minister Banna Gupta: Jharkhand govt to give Rs 50,000 ex-gratia from State Disaster Management Department Fund to the kin of persons who died of COVID. All Dy Commissioners have been directed to ensure the distribution of amount.
December 08, 2021 / 08:42 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Tamil Nadu reports 703 new cases, 11 deaths

Tamil Nadu reports 703 new cases, 728 recoveries, and 11 deaths today. Active cases 7,946
December 08, 2021 / 08:27 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Himachal Pradesh records 2 Covid deaths, 69 new cases

Himachal Pradesh recorded two Covid fatalities on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 3,840, while 69 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 2,27,753, an official said. A 73-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman succumbed to the virus in Kangra district, he said. There are 722 active Covid cases in the state, while 81 more patients recuperated from the infection, taking the recovery count to 2,23,174, the health official said.
December 08, 2021 / 08:25 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Mumbai reports 250 COVID-19 cases, one death

Mumbai reported 250 new coronavirus infections and a single fatality on Wednesday, a civic official said. The caseload of the country’s financial capital rose to 7,64,444 and death toll reached 16,353. The number of new cases surged over 200 after a gap of two days. On Tuesday Mumbai had logged 191 new COVID-19 cases and one death. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the city came down to 1,652 with 263 recovered patients getting discharged from hospitals. The total of recovered patients rose to 7,43,863 while the city has a recovery rate of 97 per cent. The growth rate of COVID-19 cases was 0.02 per cent for the period between November 11 to December 7, 2021, and average doubling rate — period during which caseload doubles — is 2,915 days. As many as 46,141 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Mumbai on Wednesday, taking the tally of tests conducted so far to 1,27,20,307.
December 08, 2021 / 07:40 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Kerala reports 5,038 new cases, 35 deaths

Kerala reports 5,038 new cases, 35 deaths, and 4,039 recoveries in the last 24 hours; active cases 40,959
December 08, 2021 / 07:02 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | UK urges Covid test firms to stop exploiting travellers

Britain on Wednesday urged private Covid test firms to stop exploiting travellers, after a former competitions chief said the market was a “rip-off jungle”. “We’ve been clear it is unacceptable for any private testing company to take advantage of holidaymakers,” the Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement. “The government has taken action to drive down the cost of tests for international travel.” (AFP)
December 08, 2021 / 06:10 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope updates on Omicron cases in the state

Total 10 Omicron cases reported in Maharashtra today. About 65 swabs have been sent for genome sequencing, their reports awaited. We have 3 labs for genome sequencing, will expand further in Nagpur and Aurangabad.
December 08, 2021 / 06:05 PM IST

COVID-19 Omicron Threat | UK’s Boris Johnson apologises over aides joking about lockdown party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised “unreservedly” on Wednesday, after a video emerged of senior aides joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social events were banned under Covid-19 rules. “I apologise unreservedly for the offence that it has caused up and down the country and I apologise for the impression that it gives,” Johnson told MPs during a raucous parliamentary question session where rivals called for his resignation. (AFP)

Live now December 08, 2021 / 09:36 PM IST Coronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates: Till Monday, 16 travellers arriving from at-risk countries and their nine close contacts had tested positive to COVID-19. Coronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates: The number of COVID-19 positive air travellers who have returned to Mumbai from ‘at-risk’ countries climbed to 17 on Tuesday with the addition of one more patient to the list, the city civic body said. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said these 17 foreign returnees to the city – 13 males and four females – have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been hospitalized. In a statement, the civic body said so far nine close contacts of these patients – five women and four men – have also tested positive for coronavirus. One more returnee was added to the list on Tuesday, taking the tally to 17, the BMC said. All coronavirus positive air travellers have been admitted to hospitals and their swab samples sent for genome sequencing to find out if they are infected with the new Omicron variant of the virus, the release said. Genomic sequencing is a process to decode genes in SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, to help scientists find which variant might be present in swab samples. On Monday, a 37-year-old man who returned to Mumbai from South Africa on November 25 and his 36-year-old close contact, a woman who landed at the city airport from the US the same date, were found infected with the Omicron strain. They were the first two cases of the new variant detected in Mumbai. Maharashtra has so far reported 10 cases of the new variant. However, no new infection of Omicron came to light in the last 24 hours, the state health department said. The BMC has been carrying out COVID-19 tests on international travellers who are arriving at the Mumbai airport from at-risk countries to check if any of them is infected with Omicron, classified as a ‘variant of concern’ by the WHO. Passengers arriving from these nations, where Omicron cases have been detected, have to follow additional COVID-19 testing and quarantine measures. Countries in Europe, including the UK, and South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tanzania and Israel have been placed in the at risk category, according to the Civil Aviation Ministry. According to the Union Health Ministry’s guidelines that came into force from December 1 following the emergence of Omicron, all passengers coming from at-risk countries have to compulsorily undergo RT-PCR test and 2 per cent of travellers arriving from other nations would have to take the test on a random basis. One reason for that is a hesitancy by some based on religion. In the outbreak’s first days, religious leaders were reluctant to close shrines and holy sites despite the risks of virus transmission in crowded and inadequately ventilated spaces. 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The medicine, a combination of BRII-196/BRII-198, was approved to treat mild COVID-19 and the disease of “normal type” with high risk of progressing to hospitalization or death in adults and teenagers aged 12-17, the National Medical Products Administration said in a statement. December 08, 2021 / 09:20 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | UK reports 131 new cases of Omicron coronavirus variant Britain has reported 131 new cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the UK Health Security Agency said on Wednesday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 568. December 08, 2021 / 09:18 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Madhya Pradesh logs 14 new COVID-19 cases; active infections at 140The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,93,288, after 14 persons tested positive for the infection on Wednesday, an official from the state health department said. As many as 13 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the count of recoveries to 7,82,619, while the toll stood at 10,529, as no fresh casualties were reported during the day, he said. The central state is now left with 140 active cases, he said. With 57,328 swab samples examined during the day, the number of tests conducted in the state went up to 2,23,22,163, the official added. December 08, 2021 / 09:00 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Maharashtra sees 893 new cases, 10 deaths; no Omicron case reported in last 24 hoursMaharashtra reported 893 new coronavirus positive cases and 10 deaths, but did not record any new Omicron variant case in the last 24 hours, the health department said on Wednesday. With the fresh COVID-19 cases, the state’s overall infection tally reached 66,40,888 and the toll rose to 1,41,204, it said. On Tuesday, Maharashtra had recorded 669 coronavirus cases and 19 fatalities. The health bulletin said 1,040 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, which pushed the recovery count to 64,89,720. The state’s recovery rate stands at 97.72 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent, it said. A total of 6,63,88,902 tests have bee conducted in the state so far, 1,33,358 of them in the last 24 hours. Currently, 74,170 people are in home quarantine and 891 others in institutional quarantine, the department added. On the new strain of the virus, the bulletin said, “There is no new case of Omicron variant in the state today. As of today, there are 10 cases of Omicron variant in the state,” it added. A total of 46,590 international travellers arrived in the state through the Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports. December 08, 2021 / 08:57 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Jharkhand Health & Disaster Management Minister Banna Gupta: Jharkhand govt to give Rs 50,000 ex-gratia from State Disaster Management Department Fund to the kin of persons who died of COVID. All Dy Commissioners have been directed to ensure the distribution of amount. December 08, 2021 / 08:42 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Tamil Nadu reports 703 new cases, 11 deaths Tamil Nadu reports 703 new cases, 728 recoveries, and 11 deaths today. Active cases 7,946 December 08, 2021 / 08:27 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Himachal Pradesh records 2 Covid deaths, 69 new cases Himachal Pradesh recorded two Covid fatalities on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 3,840, while 69 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 2,27,753, an official said. A 73-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman succumbed to the virus in Kangra district, he said. There are 722 active Covid cases in the state, while 81 more patients recuperated from the infection, taking the recovery count to 2,23,174, the health official said. December 08, 2021 / 08:25 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Mumbai reports 250 COVID-19 cases, one death Mumbai reported 250 new coronavirus infections and a single fatality on Wednesday, a civic official said. The caseload of the country’s financial capital rose to 7,64,444 and death toll reached 16,353. The number of new cases surged over 200 after a gap of two days. On Tuesday Mumbai had logged 191 new COVID-19 cases and one death. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the city came down to 1,652 with 263 recovered patients getting discharged from hospitals. The total of recovered patients rose to 7,43,863 while the city has a recovery rate of 97 per cent. The growth rate of COVID-19 cases was 0.02 per cent for the period between November 11 to December 7, 2021, and average doubling rate — period during which caseload doubles — is 2,915 days. As many as 46,141 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Mumbai on Wednesday, taking the tally of tests conducted so far to 1,27,20,307. December 08, 2021 / 07:40 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Kerala reports 5,038 new cases, 35 deathsKerala reports 5,038 new cases, 35 deaths, and 4,039 recoveries in the last 24 hours; active cases 40,959 December 08, 2021 / 07:02 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | UK urges Covid test firms to stop exploiting travellers Britain on Wednesday urged private Covid test firms to stop exploiting travellers, after a former competitions chief said the market was a “rip-off jungle”. “We’ve been clear it is unacceptable for any private testing company to take advantage of holidaymakers,” the Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement. “The government has taken action to drive down the cost of tests for international travel.” (AFP) December 08, 2021 / 06:10 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope updates on Omicron cases in the stateTotal 10 Omicron cases reported in Maharashtra today. About 65 swabs have been sent for genome sequencing, their reports awaited. We have 3 labs for genome sequencing, will expand further in Nagpur and Aurangabad. December 08, 2021 / 06:05 PM IST COVID-19 Omicron Threat | UK’s Boris Johnson apologises over aides joking about lockdown party British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised “unreservedly” on Wednesday, after a video emerged of senior aides joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social events were banned under Covid-19 rules. “I apologise unreservedly for the offence that it has caused up and down the country and I apologise for the impression that it gives,” Johnson told MPs during a raucous parliamentary question session where rivals called for his resignation. (AFP)

Coronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates: Pfizer/BioNTech says three doses ‘effective’ against Omicron

Coronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates: Till Monday, 16 travellers arriving from at-risk countries and their nine close contacts had tested positive to COVID-19.

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