Covid 19 India

Mock drills were held at health facilities across India on Tuesday to assess health-care readiness to deal with any spurt in COVID-19 infection.

A new Omicron sub-variant has entered India, raising fears of a fresh wave in the coming months.

As many as 47.4 lakh people have died due to Covid in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave restricted emergency use authorisation to BharatBiotech's Covaxin for children between the age of 6-12 years, sources said.

A slow and steady rise in the number of Covid-19 infections in Delhi, Mumbai, Noida and Gurugram are triggering concerns across the country.

Maharashtra, Delhi, Telangana, West Bengal have announced complete relaxation of the Covid-19 norms in view of the steady decline in Covid-19 pandemic situation. 

India Government will soon stop COVID-19 pre-call announcements from phones after almost two years of raising awareness about disease, according to sources. 

The Centre may soon allow Covid-19 booster dose for those seeking to travel abroad for education, employment and other events, official sources said on Saturday.

The government will soon allow booster dose of Covid vaccine for all those above 18 years in view of a surge in infections in parts of the world, sources said.

An estimated 4.71 crore children in the age group of 12-14 will be vaccinated against Covid-19 from today, 16th March.