Omicron cases in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced "precautionary doses", or booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, for healthcare and frontline workers and people above 60 years of age with co-morbidities from January 10. PM Modi also announced vaccination for 15-18 year age group against Covid-19 from January 3. PM Modi's address came in the wake of the rising cases of Omicron variant in India. On Sunday morning, the Omicron case tally in India rose to 422, with Maharashtra recording 108 cases of the new variant.
The Centre will deploy multi-disciplinary teams to 10 identified states reporting an increasing number of Omicron and Covid-19 cases or slow vaccination pace, the Union Health Ministry has said.
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The predominant strain in India is Delta including the recently identified clusters. Therefore, we need to continue with the same strategy of COVID appropriate behaviour and ramping up of vaccination, said Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG-ICMR.
Omicron in India News Updates: As the cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus spread in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country on Thursday. India has recorded 238 cases of the Omicron variant so far across 15 states and Union Territories. According to the Union Health Ministry, 90 of the infected people have either recovered or migrated. Meanwhile, the Delhi government has banned mass gatherings during Christmas and New Year celebrations in a bid to curb further spread of the Omicron variant.