Omicron Coronavirus News Live Updates: Telangana reports 12 new Omicron cases, tally rises to 20

WHO: Omicron detected in 89 countries, cases doubling fast

The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and Covid-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in places with community transmission and not just infections acquired abroad, the World Health Organization said Saturday. Omicron's ``substantial growth advantage'' over the delta variant means it is likely to soon overtake delta as the dominant form of the virus in countries where the new variant is spreading locally, the U.N. health agency said.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands achieve 100% double dose Covid vaccination

As many as 7,081 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours while 264 succumbed to the virus in the same period, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The new fatalities have mounted the death toll to 4,77,422.

Mixed-vaccine dose trial results likely in February, says virologist Kang

The effectiveness of heterologous vaccine doses against new Covid variants is likely to emerge in two months, after the trial in the Christian Medical College, Vellore, ends.