COVID-19 News Updates

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 54,859,966 and 825,816, according to the CSSE.

Ganguly (49), who had undergone treatment for a heart condition early last year, was admitted to the hospital on December 28.

The eligible beneficiaries can register themselves for the vaccine jab on CoWin app or web portal and book their slots which will start from January 3, 2022. Besides, they can avail on-the-spot booking at the vaccination centers as well

Khurda, where Bhubaneswar is located, reported the maximum number of fresh cases at 119, followed by 35 in Cuttack. Thirty-three children are among those newly afflicted with the disease.

The second worst-hit country in terms of cases is India (34,838,804 infections and 481,080 deaths), followed by Brazil (22,291,839 infections and 619,334 deaths).

India saw 22,775 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 4,81,080 with 220 daily fatalities, the data stated.

In a separate tweet on Friday, Swaminathan said: "Hospitalisations are also rising, mostly in unvaccinated people. Though #Omicron may cause less severe disease, a small percent of a huge number is still very large & can overwhelm health systems".

Director of State Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra, on Friday, said that there has been no sign of community spread of the new mutant in Odisha so far.

Serum Institute produces AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine under the brand name Covishield. The vaccine is one of India's two main vaccines against Covid pandemic under mass vaccination drive.

Mishra said that a person is eligible to get the dose if the gap between the second dose of Covid vaccine and the registration date for the booster is more than 9 months (39 weeks).

The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has listed down the activities on which the night curfew restrictions will not be applicable.

In the study, they used non-hazardous virus-like particles that carry the Omicron spike protein and are well suited for analysis of virus entry and its inhibition.

A total of 16,156 new coronavirus infections were reported in a span of 24 hours on October 27.

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (34,822,040 infections and 480,860 deaths), followed by Brazil (22,281,649 infections and 619,248 deaths).

A 52-year-old chronic diabetic man, who had recently arrived from Nigeria, passed away following a heart attack, at the Y.B. Chavan Hospital, in Pimpri Chinchwad (Pune) on Tuesday and his reports on Thursday confirmed he was afflicted by Omicrcon.