Coronavirus Omicron in India Live Updates: India reports 58,077 new Covid cases, 657 deaths in last 24 hours

IRCTC to resume cooked food in all trains from February 14

Pakistan administers record 2.24 million Covid-19 vaccines in a single day

French health ministry says new Covid protocaol to come into effect on February 28

Hong Kong extends ban on flights from eight countries, adds Nepal

Hong Kong on Friday extended a ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including the United States and Britain, and imposed one on Nepal until March 4, with the government citing concerns over a growing Covid-19 outbreak. The other countries are Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan and Philippines.

Germany to lift some restrictions next week as Covid peak in sight

Germany is approaching the peak of the coronavirus pandemic and will next week start easing some restrictions with a view to lifting more measures in spring, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a speech on Friday.

Ladakh reported 131 more corona cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 27,279 while the active cases in the union territory has gone down to 670.

Sikkim lifts Covid-19 induced restrictions

Markets, shops & commercial establishments shall function as normal. All educational institutions shall function as per guidelines. No restrictions on social, political, religious & sports related gatherings, the order reads.

Puducherry registers 149 new Covid-19 cases

The Union Territory of Puducherry reported 149 new COVID-19 cases on Friday raising the overall tally to 1,65,071, a senior official said.The number of cases showed a further dip in the daily cases as against 162 cases reported on Thursday.In a press release, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the 149 new cases identified at the end of examination of 2,379 samples during the last 24 hours ending at 10 am on Friday were spread over Puducherry (91), Karaikal (42), Yanam (9) and Mahe (7).

COVID-19 in India: India recorded 58,077 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 657 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday (February 11), the country saw a total of 1,67,882 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 96.95 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,13,31,158.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 6,97,802 (1.64 per cent) the ministry data showed today.

Study finds two vax doses not sufficient to fight Omicron

Two vaccine doses of either Covaxin or Covishield are not enough to neutralise the Omicron variant of coronavirus. However, patients who developed hybrid immunity with a single dose of Covishield vaccine following an infection were able to neutralise Omicron, shows a study from Kerala.