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Omicron Coronavirus India Live News, Latest Coronavirus Vaccination Statistics and Record Updates, Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in India Recent Updates, Covid Restrictions Feb 20 Live: As India administered over 175 crore of Covid-19 vaccines and fully vaccinated 80% of Indian adults to reach another milestone in its universal Covid-19 vaccination program, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin announced that it will be evaluated as a candidate Covid-19 vaccine in the United States. The FDA has lifted its clinical hold on the company’s Investigational New Drug Application to evaluate the Covid-19 BBV152 vaccine candidate known as Covaxin outside the United States, according to a statement from Ocugen Inc which is co-developing. Covaxin for the United States and Canada.
The threats from the BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant are significant, as experts say it may possess certain characteristics that not only make it more transmissible, but also more capable of causing severe disease.
Maria Van Kerkhova, COVID-19 technical lead at WHO, however, noted that the BA.2 subvariant is more transmissible than BA.1, there is no difference in severity.
This comes at a time when several countries are lifting restrictions as the recent wave of infections caused by Omicron appear to be waning.
More than 75,000 COVID-related deaths and more than 16 million new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in a single week worldwide, the WHO said. The number of deaths has increased by 38% in the Middle East and by about a third in the Western Pacific. The UN health agency highlighted in particular – getting vaccinated, keeping a safe distance and avoiding crowds, wearing properly fitting masks, keeping indoor spaces ventilated, washing hands often and covering your face when coughing or sneezing.
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5:12 (IST) February 20, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: ‘Fortress Australia’ will welcome tourists for the first time under COVID
Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of border closures, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline. “The wait is over,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said during a Sunday briefing at Melbourne International Airport. Australia’s opening up to tourists is the clearest example yet of the government’s shift of a strict zero-COVID approach to living with the virus and vaccinating the public to minimize death and serious illness. Most of the country’s 2.7 million coronavirus infections have occurred since the onset of the Omicron variant at the end of November. – Reuters
4:12 (IST) February 20, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: IIT Jodhpur’s framework to assist in the safe reopening of colleges and prevent the spread of COVID
Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a decision-making framework for educational institutions called “RAKSHAK Campus” which integrates various apps and tools into one to prevent possible spread of COVID-19 and ensure a smooth reopening of campuses. IIT Jodhpur has collaborated with IISc Bangalore, IIT Kharagpur, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, Algorithmic Biologics Pvt Ltd, HeathBadge Private Limited and Prthvi.AI to build, integrate and test to ensure campus safety through this initiative. – PTI
3:06 (IST) February 20, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: UK to remove all remaining COVID restrictions next week
The British government confirmed on Saturday that people with COVID-19 will not be legally required to self-isolate from next week, as part of a plan to ‘live with COVID’ which is also expected to see the testing of reduced coronavirus testing. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said ending all legal restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the virus will allow Britons to “protect themselves without restricting our freedoms”. But some of the government’s scientific advisers said it was a risky move that could lead to an increase in infections and weaken the country’s defenses against future more virulent strains. PA
3:05 (IST) February 20, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: Pondicherry records 33 new cases of coronavirus
Pondicherry recorded 33 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total in the Union Territory to 1,65,597. In a statement, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the 33 new cases identified at the end of the examination of 1,672 samples in the last 24 hours were spread over Pondicherry (17), Karaikal (9), Yanam (4) and Mahé (3). ). He said there were 419 active cases with 20 patients being treated in hospitals and the remaining 399 remaining in home quarantine. Another person from Pondicherry succumbed to the infection, bringing the total death toll in UT to 1,960. – PTI
12:22 (IST) February 20, 2022
Coronavirus Live Tracker: Hong Kong in ‘all-out fight’ to contain COVID outbreak with China’s support
Hong Kong is in an “all-out fight” to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the city’s number two said on Sunday, with the ramping up of community isolation and treatment units aided by construction crews from mainland China. . With a report of 6,063 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the government said in a statement that the Kai Tak cruise terminal would be turned into a dedicated COVID facility with 1,000 beds to alleviate overburdened public hospitals. Hong Kong’s beleaguered leader Carrie Lam, who attended a ground-breaking ceremony at a construction site for nearly 10,000 COVID units in Penny’s Bay, near the city’s Disneyland resort, said the initiatives would strengthen the city’s anti-epidemic capacity “in a very short period of time”. Reuters
February 20, 2022 at 11:31 a.m. (IST)
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: Andaman & Nicobar Records New Case of COVID-19
The Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has recorded just one new case of COVID-19, bringing the total to 10,001, a health department official said on Sunday. Another 23 people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 9,833, the official said. The archipelago now has 39 active cases of COVID-19, he said. The death toll from COVID-19 remained at 129 as no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the official said. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands had reported six new cases and 28 recoveries on Saturday. – PTI
February 20, 2022 at 11:11 a.m. (IST)
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: Ladakh records 55 new cases of COVID-19
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ladakh rose to 27,801 on Sunday as 55 more people tested positive for the viral disease, officials said. There are 398 active cases in the Union Territory, including 325 in Leh district and 60 in Kargil district, the officials said. Officials said the death toll from COVID-19 remained unchanged at 228 with 168 fatalities in Leh and 60 in Kargil. Of the new cases, 50 were detected in Leh and five in Kargil, while 62 patients – 45 in Leh and 17 in Kargil were discharged after undergoing successful treatment, officials said. They said the total number of recoveries had risen to 27,175. PTI
10:13 (IST) Feb 20 2022
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Thane, 1 death
With the addition of 71 new coronavirus cases, the number of infections in Maharashtra’s Thane district rose to 7,07,788, while another death took the death toll to 11,862, a senior official said on Sunday. responsible. These new cases and deaths were reported on Saturday, he said, adding that the death rate from COVID-19 in Thane was 1.67%. In nearby Palghar district, the number of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,63,291 and the death toll reached 3,391, another official said. PTI
