India, which is also seeing a slight uptick in Covid cases, recorded 761 new cases on Friday and 12 deaths due to the viral disease. The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country came down marginally to 4,334 from 4,423 on Thursday. The JN.1 subvariant has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in India, accounting for more than 60% of the coronavirus cases in the country, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
In Nepal, almost one million children have not yet received even a single dose of the vaccine, reported the Kathmandu Post citing Nepal's health ministry data.
Amidst the uptick in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday issued a mask advisory to symptomatic people.
Several parts of India have been reporting a high number of influenza cases in the last two months with prolonged illness and lingering cough. After battling two years of Covid pandemic, the rise in cases has created a scare among the general public.