Omicron live updates: Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorised home Covid treatment
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 22, 2021, 23:51:56 IST
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Omicron live updates: Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorised home Covid treatment

US health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against Covid-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. Stay with TOI for all latest updates:
21:03 (IST) Dec 22
UK approves Covid jab for under-12s as govt shortens self-isolation
20:56 (IST) Dec 22
Madhya Pradesh's Covid-19 caseload climbs to 7,93,551 as 19 more people test positive for the disease, death toll increases to 10,531 with one more fatality: Health official
20:40 (IST) Dec 22
More than 62 lakh vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
20:39 (IST) Dec 22
India's cumulative vaccination coverage reaches nearly 140 crore
20:37 (IST) Dec 22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country on Thursday: Government sources (PTI)
20:23 (IST) Dec 22
604 fresh Covid-19 cases take Tamil Nadu's tally to 27,41,617; eight more fatalities push death toll to 36,699: Health department
20:15 (IST) Dec 22
1,201 new Covid cases reported in Maharashtra, 490 in Mumbai, in 24 hours.
20:14 (IST) Dec 22
First Omicron variant case in Uttarakhand recorded today.
A 23-year-old woman who had returned from Scotland has tested positive for Omicron: Dr. Tripti Bahuguna, Director General, Health
20:13 (IST) Dec 22
Haryana reports first case of Omicron infection.
A person who came from Canada was reported Omicron positive in Faridabad...We will give Rs 50,000 to (the families) of those who have died due to Covid, Rs 2 lakh to BPL holders, Rs 20 lakh to Covid warriors, and Rs 50 lakh to health workers: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij
19:33 (IST) Dec 22
India's Omicron caseload climbs to 226
19:28 (IST) Dec 22
Karnataka reports 321 new Covid-19 cases and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.
19:27 (IST) Dec 22
From 1 Jan'22, the people who have not taken both doses will not be allowed to enter marriage halls, hotels, restaurants, offices, banks, or any other public places. This is to protect ourselves from Omicron and the third wave of Covid: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij
19:09 (IST) Dec 22
From Jan 1, only fully vaccinated people will be allowed to travel from bus stands and railway stations in Haryana.
18:56 (IST) Dec 22
Three of the infected do not have any major symptoms of coronavirus nor do they have any travel history: Dr Sudhir Bhandari
18:54 (IST) Dec 22
4 new Omicron cases reported in Jaipur
Principal of SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Dr Sudhir Bhandari said three of them have been admitted to the RUHS hospital for treatment while a foreign national is undergoing treatment in Delhi.
18:53 (IST) Dec 22
Andhra Pradesh's coronavirus caseload increases to 20,76,077 with 103 fresh infections, toll rises to 14,483 as two more people die: Health department
18:32 (IST) Dec 22
In Ernakulam, 2 people reached from UK, a woman & a boy had reached from Tanzania, another woman had reached from Ghana & one more woman reached from Ireland & had tested positive for the variant. In Trivandrum, a husband, wife & another woman reached from Nigeria: Veena George
18:32 (IST) Dec 22
9 more Omicron cases reported in Kerala
6 persons who reached Ernakulam and 3 who reached Thiruvananthapuram were found infected with the variant. The total number of omicron cases in the state stands at 24: Kerala Health Minister Veena George
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