Centre asks states to impose night curfew, containment zones to curb Omicron spread - Health Ministry has asked states to impose restrictions like night curfews and declare containment zones if districts have a 10% positivity rate.
COVID-19 update: India reports 7,447 new cases, Omicron tally reaches 87 - India reported 14 fresh Omicron cases on Thursday, taking the tally of patients infected with the highly infections variant in the country to 87.
Early indications on Omicron ‘encouraging , says top US pandemic expert - First detected by South Africa, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has now spread to nearly 40 countries around the world.
Karnataka says sample of South Africa returnee different from Delta , no Omicron in India yet - Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar has said the sample of one of the two recent South Africa returnees appears different from the Delta variant.
In view of the emergence of a new variant, Omicron, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked states and UTs to adhere to the guidelines issued by the Union Health Minister