Omicron Coronavirus India Live News, Coronavirus Vaccination Statistics and Registration Latest Updates, Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in India Recent Updates, Covid Restrictions Feb 10 Latest Updates: The Union Health Ministry issued revised guidelines for international arrivals on Thursday which will come into effect from February 14th, news agency ANI reported. All travelers will have to self-monitor their health for 14 days post arrival as against 7 days home quarantine which was earlier mandated. Meanwhile, the country today reported 67,084 new Coronavirus infections, 1,67,882 recoveries and 1,241 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the official data provided by the Union Health Ministry. The Ministry further informed that the active cases in the country declined to 7,90,789. The active cases constitute 1.86 per cent of total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has improved to 96.95 per cent.
In global Covid updates, the WHO Covid-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhov has said that Omicron is not the last variant of Covid-19 to be detected and that the possibility of new variants emerging is really high. In fact, Kerkhov said that the WHO is tracking four different versions of Omicron. In a question answer session, kerkhov said, “We know a lot about this virus, but we don’t know everything. And quite frankly, the variants are the wild card. So we are tracking this virus in real time as it mutates as it changesBut this virus has a lot of room to move.” According to a PTI report, WHO’s weekly epidemiological report states that the Omicron variant is increasingly dominant – making up nearly 97 per cent of all cases. On the other hand, the WHO has also come up with some good news. The health agency has said that the Coronavirus case count fell 17 per cent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous week while deaths globally declined 7 per cent.
In India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday announced that more than one crore youngsters between the age bracket of 15 to 18 years have been fully vaccinated against the Coronavirus. The Health Ministry informed that the cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 171 crore on Wednesday. Over 44 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Wednesday. More than 1.60 crore precaution doses have been administered so far to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities.
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Coronavirus India Live News: Covid-19 Omicron Cases in India Live Count, Coronavirus Lockdown, Night Curfew Guidelines and Restrictions Live Updates
The demarcation of countries ‘at-risk’ & other countries removed.
Recommends 14 days self-monitoring post-arrival as against 7 days home quarantine as was mandated earlier. pic.twitter.com/oPJBKwCkak
— ANI (@ANI) February 10, 2022
South Korea said on Thursday patients with mild coronavirus symptoms will have to treat themselves, aiming to free up medical resources for more serious cases, as new infections hit a fresh high because of the fast spreading Omicron variant. South Korea has largely been a COVID-19 mitigation success story, thanks to aggressive testing and tracing, social distancing and mask wearing. But as the highly infectious but less deadly Omicron variant began spreading, the government this month started to shift its strategy away from testing and tracing and towards self-monitoring, diagnosis and at-home treatment. From Thursday, authorities will only provide care to COVID-19 patients aged 60 and older or with underlying conditions, while others monitor themselves and seek medical help from designated clinics if their conditions worsen. (Reuters)
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said schools will reopen for Classes 1-5 from February 14, and no mandatory testing will be required on entry into the state for double-vaccinated people. Sangma, who chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 situation late on Wednesday, also said the night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am will be withdrawn from Friday. “No RT-PCR test will be needed for double-vaccinated individuals coming to the state starting Friday. The schools (Classes 1 to 5) will be fully functional from Monday,” he said. (PTI)
Vietnam warned on Thursday that its healthcare system could become overloaded, after seeing a surge in new daily coronavirus infections following its week-long Lunar New Year holiday. The Southeast Asian country reported nearly 24,000 new cases on Wednesday, compared to about 15,000 per day in the week before the annual holiday, when millions of people travelled to their rural homes and to tourist hotspots. (Reuters)
Ninety more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the virus tally to 63,814, a senior health official said here on Thursday. The COVID-19 death toll in the northeastern state rose to 293 after a person succumbed to the infection, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. Of the 90 new cases, 28 were reported from the Capital Complex Region, 11 from East Siang, seven each from West Kameng and Tawang, six each from Lower Subansiri and Namsai and three each from Changlang, Lower Dibang Valley and Anjaw district respectively. The frontier state currently has 1,131 active COVID-19 cases, the official said. (PTI)
Japan's biggest wave of COVID-19 cases to date is showing signs of peaking though authorities are extending virus curbs into next month to try to bring down the rate of hospitalisations. Top medical adviser Shigeru Omi said on Thursday that health centres would shift towards focusing on care for the elderly and those at risk of developing serious illness. “While infections are still increasing, there's a relative slowing trend among working people in their 20s and 30s,” he told reporters after a health task-force meeting. (Reuters)
The U.S. government is planning to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under the age of 5 as soon as Feb. 21, according to a document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering authorizing the use of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE vaccine in the age group even though it did not meet a key target in a clinical trial of two- to four-year-olds. (Reuters)
Vaccination rates are rising sharply among the elderly in Hong Kong, lifting from a relatively low base as an Omicron-fuelled spike in new COVID-19 cases and looming vaccine passes pierce long-standing inoculation complacency among the demographic. The government has announced vaccine passes will be required from Feb. 24 for people wanting to shop, eat out or use public facilities, a measure those who wanted more open border controls had been calling for since early last year. (Reuters)
India logged 67,084 new coronavirus infections, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,24,78,060, while the active cases declined to 7,90,789, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll climbed to 5,06,520 with 1,241 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. A reduction of 1,02,039 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.44 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 6.58 per cent, according to the ministry. (PTI)
Japan's biggest wave of COVID-19 cases to date is showing signs of peaking though authorities are extending virus curbs into next month to try to bring down the rate of hospitalisations. Top medical adviser Shigeru Omi said on Thursday that health centres would shift towards focusing on care for the elderly and those at risk of developing serious illness. (Reuters)
➡️ India’s Cumulative #covid19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 171.28 Cr (1,71,28,19,947).
➡️ More than 46.44 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours.
➡️ More than 1.61 Cr Precaution Doses administered so far.https://t.co/7pIpjH7K9h pic.twitter.com/9uCjC9HZOG
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) February 10, 2022
Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded a dip in new COVID-19 cases as eight people tested positive for the infection, 10 less than the previous day, pushing the total caseload to 9,951, a health department official said on Thursday. The COVID-19 death toll remained at 129 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he said. The union territory now has 168 active COVID-19 cases, while 9,654 people have recovered from the disease so far, the official said. (PTI)
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With the addition of 282 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,06,461, while eight more fatalities pushed the death toll to 11,838, an official said on Thursday. These new cases and deaths were reported on Wednesday, he said. The COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent, he added. (PTI)
The Philippines lifted a nearly 2-year ban on foreign travellers on Thursday in a lifesaving boost for its tourism and related industries as an omicron-fuelled surge eases. Foreign travellers from 157 countries with visa-free arrangements with the Philippines who have been fully vaccinated and tested negative for the virus will be welcomed back and will no longer be required to quarantine upon arrival. The government also ended a risk classification system that banned travellers from the worst-hit countries. (AP)
Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple to reopen for devotees from 11th February adhering to health protocols. Only 50 devotees to be allowed to enter the temple at a time, says Pashupati Area Development Trust. (ANI)
Police on Thursday began arresting some of the protesters who have been camped out on Parliament's grounds as a convoy protest against coronavirus mandates entered its third day. The arrests came after Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard took the rare step of closing the grounds. Police called in more than 100 extra officers from other parts of the country. Still, police seemed prepared to wait it out as officers formed a line and ordered people to leave but didn't advance on them, arresting mainly those who appeared to be unruly. (AP)
Coronavirus India Live News: Covid-19 Omicron Cases in India Live Count, Coronavirus Lockdown, Night Curfew Guidelines and Restrictions Live Updates
