Omicron is not common cold, warns WHO
Geneva, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid reports that Omicron has symptoms akin to a common cold, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned that it is not a common cold and should not be taken…
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Covid testing pushes Australian healthcare system to brink
Phnom Penh, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Massive surges in Covid-19 infections in Australia, fuelled by the Omicron variant, are placing huge pressures on the healthcare system, which is struggling to keep up with unprecedented demands for…
S.Korea reports 4,444 new Covid-19 cases
Seoul, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea reported 4,444 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Tuesday, raising the total number of infections to 649,669 in the country. The daily caseload was up from 3,024 the…
144 new Covid cases, 1 more death in Myanmar
Yangon, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Myanmar reported 144 new Covid-19 cases and one more death in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. The country’s death toll has thus risen to 19,278, while…
India reports 58,097 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally reaches 2,135
New Delhi, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India registered a single-day rise of 58,097 Covid cases, a spike of 20,718 over the previous days total, and 534 deaths in a span of 24 hours, said the Union…
Australian Covid cases surge, overloading health system
Sydney, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia’s Covid-19 pandemic continues to soar to a record high, increasing pressure on the healthcare system. Australia crossed the grim milestone of 50,000 Covid infections in a day on Wednesday, the…
Global Covid caseload tops 295 mn
Washington, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 295 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.45 million and vaccinations to over 9.24 billion,…
149 new Omicron cases in K’taka, tally rises to 226
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar has stated that 149 new Omicron cases have been confirmed in the state, taking the overall tally to 226. He said this late Tuesday night. However,…
UP schools closed, night curfew extended
Lucknow, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, in a late-night decision on Tuesday, has closed all schools up to Class 10 from January 6 to January 14 as the number of…
Covid infections rise by 35% in Netherlands despite lockdown
The Hague, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite an anti-pandemic lockdown currently in force, the number of positive Covid-19 tests in the Netherlands increased by 35 per cent in the past week, compared to the previous week,…
France reports record 271,686 new Covid cases
Paris, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) France on Tuesday reported 271,686 new cases of Covid-19, detected in the last 24 hours, the highest daily record since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. According to data…
Semi-lockdown in K’taka after unprecedented surge in Covid cases
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka government has declared restrictions and announced new guidelines till January 19 in the wake of unprecedented surge of Covid-19 cases in the state on Tuesday. The night curfew has…
Russia reports 15,903 Covid cases
Moscow, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Russia reported 15,903 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,570,212, the official monitoring and response centre said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the national death toll…
Develop Covid care centres in hotels, stock up on test kits, states told
New Delhi, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid a large spike in Covid cases, the Centre on Tuesday directed the states and UTs to develop Covid care centres in hotel rooms and other similar accommodations to be…
After Manipur, Omicron cases detected in Meghalaya
Shillong, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) After one case in Manipur, five cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were detected in Meghalaya on Tuesday, health officials said. Health and Family Welfare Department Director Aman War said…
Telangana’s daily Covid tally jumps to 1,052
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a big surge, Telangana on Tuesday reported 1,052 new Covid-19 and 10 new infections of Omicron. Greater Hyderabad alone reported 659 new Covid cases while neighbouring districts of Medchal Malkajgiri…
Kerala’s Omicron tally reaches 181, new curbs imposed
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Omicron variant cases in Kerala touching 181, a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday decided to clamp more restrictions. Consequent to this, with immediate effect,…
Bihar reports 893 Covid cases, JD-U President tests positive
Patna, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar on Tuesday reported 893 fresh Covid cases, of which Patna alone accounted for 565 infections, the state health department said. Besides Patna, 99 cases were reported from Gaya and 47…
Around 15,000 in 15-18 yr section vaccinated in Goa so far: Health official
Panaji, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Around 15,000 eligible youngsters from the age of 15 to 18 years out of an eligible population of 74,192 students in Goa have been vaccinated so far, Director of state Health…
Gujarat reports 2,265 Covid cases; 1,290 in Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 2,265 fresh Covid cases took Gujarat’s overall Coronavirus tally to 837,293 on Tuesday. More than half of the cases were reported from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation area alone…