Omicron

The UK has recorded the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 78,610 reported on Wednesday.

Amid the fear of new COVID variant ‘Omicron’, as many as 246 travellers who came to Odisha from ‘at risk countries’ after November 24 have tested Covid positive.

The National Technical Group on Immunization will be holding a meeting on Monday to decide on the possibility of administering additional doses of vaccine to immunocompromised individuals.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has termed Omicron variant of Covid-19 as 'Super Mild' and less dangerous.

9 Omicron cases reported from Jaipur, Rajasthan. Maharashtra too reported 7 more cases.

Delhi reported its first case of Omicron Covid Variant while India recorded 5th case. Karnataka (2), Gujarat (1), Maharashtra (1), Delhi (1).

A 33-year-old "unvaccinated" youth in Mumbai became the 4th case of Omicron Covid Variant in India. He had returned from South Africa.

Out of the Doctor's primary and secondary contacts, 5 people tested positive for Covid-19, but no confirmation on the variant yet.

The plot of the 1963 movie Omicron is of an alien taking over the body of an earthling in order to learn about the planet and threatens the human race.

Omicron lands in India. Two cases of Omicron have been detected in Karnataka through genome sequencing effort.