About 98 per cent of Covid infections in Odisha are now carrying the highly-contagious Omicron strain, the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar informed on Thursday. The ILS today released the Sequencing Report. The latest report revealed that the institute sequenced 241 samples between January 27 and February 4. Out of the 241 samples, Omicron was…Continue Reading
Canada’s chief public health officer said Friday that cases of the Omicron variant have peaked nationwide and the number of new infections has dropped significantly over the past week.COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations hit record highs in CanadaAcross Canada, the number of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations have climbed to record highs. But it appears the Omicron wave…Continue Reading
India’s northern Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a steep rise in Covid positive cases, with 5,720 new infections being detected in a span of 24 hours. The Kashmir division recorded 3,830 Covid positive cases while the Jammu division reported 1,890. The total number of positive cases across the Union territory now stands at 3,84,381. The…Continue Reading