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Coronavirus outbreak: Random testing of int'l arrivals from Dec 24, airlines to select flyers for screening
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cautioned against complacency and advised for maintaining strict vigil in the country amid Covid cases soaring in China. Meanwhile, months after Shanghai endured a brutal lockdown to stop the spread of Covid, the virus is starting to make its way virtually unchecked through the megacity's 25 million-strong population. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of infected patients, pharmacies are turning customers away empty-handed, businesses are shutting because staff are off sick, most schools have closed and usage of public transport is plummeting. Stay with TOI for the latest developments --
12:30 (IST) Dec 22
China is likely seeing 1 million Covid cases, 5,000 deaths a day
China is likely experiencing 1 million Covid infections and 5,000 virus deaths every day as it grapples with what is expected to be the biggest outbreak the world has ever seen, according to a new analysis. The situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion people. This current wave may see the daily case rate rise to 3.7 million in January, according to Airfinity Ltd., a London-based analytics firm. There’ll likely then be another surge of infections that will push the daily peak to 4.2 million in March, the group estimated.
12:14 (IST) Dec 22
We just have nine active cases of Covid. 16 districts do not have any positive cases of Covid so far. We have established oxygen plants & have prepared hospitals as well accordingly. There's no need to worry: Punjab health minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra
12:10 (IST) Dec 22
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath holds meeting to assess Covid situation
Face masks have not been made compulsory but should be encouraged at public places. Genome sequencing of all fresh Covid cases to be carried out. New posts for specialist doctors should be created where additional manpower is needed. People should be encouraged to take the precaution dose, the coverage of which remains quite poor.
12:00 (IST) Dec 22
There won't be a lockdown situation in the country since 95% of the people here are vaccinated. The immunity system of Indians is stronger than that of the Chinese...India needs to go back to Covid basics - testing, treating, tracing: Dr Anil Goyal, Indian Medical Association
11:53 (IST) Dec 22
China appears to be trying to obscure the scale of the onslaught, censoring social media and re-defining Covid data. There are likely more than a million infections and 5,000 deaths occurring every day now, according to Airfinity Ltd, a London-based analytics firm. It estimates two peaks will occur in China: one in January and one in March.
11:39 (IST) Dec 22
11:22 (IST) Dec 22
A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a "tragic battle" with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city's 25 million people to get infected by the end of the year while the virus sweeps through China largely unchecked.
11:09 (IST) Dec 22
Three cases of BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron have been recorded in Gujarat so far, according to the state health department officials. The state health department officials confirmed that these are not active cases as these were recorded in July, September and November.
10:48 (IST) Dec 22
We've called an emergency meeting today under CM's chairmanship. PM has called a meeting with all health officials & technical committee members. Based on their directions our Govt will also follow all their recommendations & guidelines: Karnataka health minister Dr K Sudhakar
10:37 (IST) Dec 22
Following a word of caution from the Union health ministry, many schools in Hyderabad have decided to bring make the mandatory mask rule. While majority are going into winter break this week, managements said that they will ensure adherence to the rule, once schools reopen.
10:10 (IST) Dec 22
Amid growing concerns over Covid-19 outbreak in China, health experts said the current dominant variant in India is Omicron variant XBB with a prevalence of 47% and asked people not to think of Covid-19 as a forgotten history.
10:07 (IST) Dec 22
Maharashtra health minister asks districts, civic bodies to ramp up Covid-19 testing
Health minister Tanaji Sawant directed all the districts to follow a five-point programme -- test, track, treat, vaccinate and (ensure) Covid-19 appropriate behaviour.
09:52 (IST) Dec 22
A day after the Union government’s latest directive on Covid, state health officials announced on Wednesday that all Covid-positive samples would be sent for genome sequencing. The practice so far was to take up random positive samples for sequencing, but there has been such a drop in positivity rates that the state has decided to sequence all samples that test positive. "The total number of samples undergoing genome sequencing may slightly in-crease, but we want to be cautious,” said state surveillance officer Dr Pradip Awate.
09:41 (IST) Dec 22
India reports 185 Covid cases
India logged 185 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 3,402, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.
09:26 (IST) Dec 22
08:59 (IST) Dec 22
While Covid cases increase in Chinese cities, cases in Mumbai — the country's worst hotspot during the first and second waves of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, respectively — are at the lowest ever. Between December 1 and 21, the city, which once recorded over 11,000 cases in a 24-hour span in April 2021, recorded 155 cases and only one death.
08:43 (IST) Dec 22
In India, we have sufficient evidence to prove that those who recovered from Covid are best protected. It's important to monitor all variants.But it's unlikely that we'll face any serious problem due to the virus in the current scenario.
Dr Sanjay Rai, Senior Epidemiologist, AIIMS Delhi
08:39 (IST) Dec 22
Uttarakhand preparing to issue fresh SOP
The Uttarakhand government is preparing to issue a fresh set of standard operating procedure on Covid-19 based on the Centre's guidelines following a sudden spurt in cases in some countries, health minister Dhan Singh Rawat said on Wednesday.
08:30 (IST) Dec 22
Covid in India
08:23 (IST) Dec 22
China may be struggling to keep a tally of Covid-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday, amid concerns about a lack of data from the country.
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