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A total of 88,642 security men in CAPFs have been infected since the advent of pandemic whereas 88,146 personnel have been recovered so far. The death toll has gone to 348 since April 2020.

In a bid to combat coronas new Omicron variant, the Bihar government on Sunday began genome sequencing in the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna.

Among the total 23 states and UTs that have reported the Omicron variant so far, Maharashtra tops the list with 460 cases.

Vomiting has also been reported as a symptom among those with the variant in some cases. People with Omicron are 15 to 20 percent less likely to need hospital treatment.

The total number of infections stands at 1,389,646. 145 people are currently being treated in Intensive care units.

Quebec reintroduced a curfew starting December 31. Places of worship in the province are closed, except for funerals.

Owing to the uniqueness of the site, several astronomical telescopes operating at optical and infrared wavebands have been installed at Hanle by several institutes in the country.

Omicron levels in the lungs were one-tenth or less of the level of other variants. Omicron was first identified in South Africa and Botswana in late November. It quickly became the dominant strain in South Africa.

Florona is a combination of influenza and COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) had recently revealed that the Omicron and the Delta variants are twin threats