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Sujan made multiple attempts to persuade her but in vain. He even asked his in-laws to talk to Munmun. But Munmun was too rigid with her decision that she wouldn't set them free until they have a Covid vaccine for kids.

BQ.1.1 remains the second most prevalent strain at 12.1 per cent.

Calcium is required for all muscles, including those in the heart, to contract. Muscle cells store calcium and use special channels within their cells to release it when it is needed, according to the report.

SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 18.2 per cent of the samples, suggesting this method could be an alternative to the conventional swabbing method, which is unpleasant.

Using plasma collected prior to the pandemic from 45 non-smokers, 30 electronic cigarette vapers and 29 tobacco smokers, the researchers measured the levels of proteins needed to replicate the virus SARS-CoV-2, which was at the centre of the pandemic.

The researchers measured the immune response in 96 generally healthy employees and found that it was uniformly stronger the longer the time period between vaccination and infection. The longest interval measured was 404 days.

Mandaviya said that over 65 percent of vaccines supplied in the world are from India.

People with underlying medical illnesses including diabetes, heart problems, hypertension, respiratory diseases, kidney troubles, etc. are even more at risk of contracting Covid, therefore the reissued Covid notice has caused them to express alarm.

The cases which are being reported in the country are mild symptoms and there is no hospitalisation. The Covid situation in other countries is critical due to their wrong policies.

Amidst the ongoing outbreak, China has stopped publishing the single-day tallies for Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Even though, Odisha is registering one or two Covid infections daily, in terms of active case tally in the country, the State ranks fifth. The current active case tally in Odisha is in double digits at 86.

Covid19 4th Wave Likely In March! Odisha Health dept Special Secy Informs Media. China sees over 3L daily cases. 173 new cases in India, 2 in Odisha. China peak by mid-January. China may see 7-10L cases, 25000 deaths daily. India may see 4th wave by March 3rd or 4th week.

The senior Odisha government official further stated that it has now been observed that elderly people are getting Covid infections in Japan and China. In India and Odisha, priority was earlier given on vaccination of the vulnerable population including people with comorbidities in the past.

The ministry has also asked to be alert to unverified and misleading news and messages on social media platforms

This will also apply to transiting passengers through the countries irrespective of their originating countries before coming to any Indian airport, it said.