A new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected from Botswana, was on Friday designated as a 'variant of concern' by the WHO, which named it 'Omicron'. While the WHO has asked countries to enhance surveillance and sequencing efforts to better understand variants, several countries have already sounded the alarm by imposing travel restrictions on people from southern Africa.
99 more tested positive in Dharwad's SDM College of Medical Sciences late Friday, taking the total number of coronavirus infections in the institution to 281. However, of the 281 cases, only 6 patients are symptomatic, District Collector Nitish Patil told news agency ANI.
Karnataka: 66 medical students in college hostels test positive for COVID-19 amid third wave fear - All the students are pursuing their MBBS course at the SDM Medical College and around 40 of them had attended a get-together party on the premises.