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The Tamil Nadu Health Department has made wearing masks mandatory in the state, and violators will have to pay Rs 500 as a fine.
At least 30 lakh eligible people, above the age of 18 years, have not yet taken their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Karnataka.
Amid fears of the fourth coronavirus (COVID-19) wave in India, especially in the nation's capital, health experts on Thursday (April 21) said that is a possibility that new variants are emerging of the Omicron and they are being sequenced. Delhi on Wednesday (April 20) reported 1,009 fresh cases, the highest since February 10, while the positivity rate is 5.70 per cent. In the latest development, the health expert suggested that there are eight variants of Omicron. He added that among those eight, one is dominating and causing the surge in cases.
An increase of 480 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the health ministry said.