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Coronavirus infections have soared wherever the highly infectious Omicron variant has spread, triggering new restrictions in many countries and record new cases.
The 358 Omicron Covid variant cases have been detected across 17 states and union territories so far.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting today to review the pandemic situation in India.
Several countries in Europe have started the inoculation drive against coronavirus for children with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Inoculating children and young people, who can unwittingly transmit COVID-19 to others, is considered a critical step towards taming the pandemic.
In reaction to the spread of the variation, the US, Japan, Israel, and a number of other nations have imposed international travel restrictions, while the WHO has warned against such restrictions.