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India records 5,784 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, lowest in 571 days; toll rises by 252
•The number of active coronavirus cases in the country has declined to 88,993, accounting for 0.26 percent of the total caseload and the lowest since March 2020
Omicron: Parliamentary panel recommends evaluation of vaccines, more research for booster dose
•The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, which presented its report on Friday, also said that concerns with regard to the new strain developing immune escape mechanism should be critically addressed.
Karnataka CM hints at more precautionary steps amid new COVID-19 variant threat, rules out lockdown
•With new clusters emerging in the state and threats of new variant 'Omicron' looming large, he said the government has to manage things at two levels to control the further spread of the pandemic
With Johannesburg, Pretoria among venues, concerns about India's tour of SA amid new COVID variant rise
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COVID-19: Centre to launch 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign next month in districts with low vaccination rate
•Around 48 districts have been identified where the first dose coverage among eligible beneficiaries is less than 50 percent
How worried should we be about the new AY.4.2 lineage of the coronavirus?
Matthew Bashton And Darren Smith •No sooner than you thought all the talk of new COVID variants was over, there’s news of yet another one: AY.4.2. But what is it, where did it come from, and should we be concerned?
Delta Plus not responsible for rising cases in England, not a variant of concern yet, say experts
•Professor Francois Balloux, director of University College London's Genetics Institute, said Delta Plus is nothing compared to the Alpha and Delta strains, which were 50-60 percent more transmissible
India registers 13,596 new COVID-19 infections, 166 fresh fatalities; active cases lowest in 221 days
•The daily rise in new infections has been below 30,000 for 24 days and less than 50,000 for 113 consecutive days now
Government removes export curbs on all diagnostic kits, reagents amid declining COVID-19 cases
•The export restrictions on these products were imposed in June last year and 16 August, 2021 on account of increasing COVID-19 cases
Long COVID: Double vaccination halves risk of developing lasting symptoms, shows study
•The COVID Symptom Study's data shows that vaccines significantly reduce the risk of catching COVID-19, with only 0.2 percent of those fully vaccinated later testing positive for the virus