Of the total cases, 8,209 total Omicron cases have been detected so far which is an increase of 6.02 per cent since yesterday. The daily positivity rate is 19.65 per cent. Notably, on Sunday, with a positivity rate of 16.28 per cent, India had recorded 2,71,202 fresh...
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Additional one percent tax on the 98 richest billionaire families can finance Ayushman Bharat for more than 7 years:Oxfam study
If each of the 10 richest Indian billionaires were to spend USD one million daily, it would take them 84 years to exhaust their current wealth, while an annual wealth tax applied to multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise USD 78.3 billion a year that would be...
No one can be forced to get vaccinated against their wishes: Centre to SC
"It is submitted that the direction and guidelines released by Government of India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare do not envisage any forcible vaccination without obtaining consent of the concerned individual.It is submitted that vaccination for COVID-19 is...
UK to abolish PCR Test for vaccinated people returning to country: Reports
"We are looking at removing all COVID tests for vaccinated travelers by the end of January, which is likely to coincide with the review of the plan B measures on January 26," the source said, as quoted by the media London:The United Kingdom will abolish mandatory...
Over 5 million Chinese students suffer from spinal deformity
On China's Twitter-like social media platform Sina Weibo, many netizens have attributed the condition of the Chinese students to heavy schoolbags, and inappropriate sizes and heights of desks for children in different physical developmental stages reported Global...
From pandemic to endemic: Can 2022 succeed where 2021 failed?
Health experts, however, are preaching caution, saying there’s too much uncertainty about how the virus will evolve, how much immunity society has built up and potential damage if people stop being careful After two years of contagion and death, Covid is shifting...
Investors seek safe havens as Omicorn spreads in Asian markets
“Asia will be better braced to cope with omicron waves, which may prove to be more short-lived,” said Wai Ho Leong, a strategist at Modular Asset Management. “Markets that are better vaccinated and have timely social distancing curbs are also likely to recover faster...
Spread of Omicron cases may disrupt global supply chain: EEPC India
''While the order pipeline has been remarkably good, we could see some slowdown if Omicron disrupts the global supply chain. In the recent weeks, we have seen some signs of volatility and uncertainty due to the ongoing pandemic wave across the world but by putting...
India logs 2,71,202 fresh COVID-19 cases, positivity rate at 16.28 pc
7,743 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected so far in the country. A total of 70,24,48,838 samples were tested so far of which 16,65,404 samples were tested on yesterday New Delhi: India recorded 2,71,202 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours,...
First Indian study provides evidence of Omicron’s community transmission
The study states that around 60.9 per cent of COVID-19 infected people showed a community spread It stated that most of the Omicron cases were asymptomatic and did not require any hospitalizations Most of the Omicron variant infected patients of COVID-19 during the...