Seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam today reiterated that without two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, people will not be allowed at restaurants, shopping malls, buses, launches or planes, and that an order in this regard will be issued within a day or two.

As Covid-19 transmissions are rising due to the Omicron variant, no new national events like the UP polls should be held, Prof Dr Ahmedul Kabir, the additional director general (Administration) of the health directorate, said yesterday.

India today confirmed its first death linked to Covid-19 variant Omicron after samples of a 73-year-old man in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, who died last week, showed the presence of the variant in his body.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a testing kit for detecting the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 which will give the result in four hours, obviating the need for time-consuming genome sequencing.

India today acknowledged that Omicron has become the dominant circulating variant of Covid-19, replacing Delta strain in the country.

Three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Four dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Daily Covid-19 cases in India’s capital city might reach 10,000 today, said Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for Covid-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday, amid rising infections in the Nordic nation driven by the new Omicron variant of the virus.

With new cases of Covid-19 rising steadily for four days, the country faces the bleak prospect of another wave of the coronavirus that might put the health care system under serious strain again, experts fear.

Covid-19 booster shots can be taken from any vaccination centre in any district, if the recipient is currently living somewhere else, far away from their designated vaccination centre, said a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) circular today.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today issued 15-point guidelines to prevent the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant.

Six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Four dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A new Covid-19 variant detected in southern France is worrying scientists.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said that the government may consider enforcing lockdown if the Covid-19 situation in the country worsens.

Delhi District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) today decided to impose weekend curfew in the Indian capital in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in home-isolation with mild symptoms.

An estimated 40 lakh children in the 15-18 age group were vaccinated yesterday against Covid-19 on the first day in India as the country expanded the ambit of its inoculation to include children against the infection amidst a surge in daily fresh cases in New Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal.