Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 10 (ANI): All the nine patients who were infected with Omicron variant of coronavirus and were admitted to a hospital in Jaipur, tested negative for COVID on Thursday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 10 (ANI): Separate guidelines would be issued for student hostels and Covid clusters as part of Covid management in the state, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 10 (ANI): An ex-gratia amount of Rs 50,000 will be given to the next of kin of persons who died of COVID-19 disease, said Yashpal Garg, Secretary Health of Chandigarh on Thursday.
Sofia [Bulgaria], December 10 (ANI/Novinite): 98,509 are the active cases of coronavirus in the country. This is indicated by a reference on the website of the Unified Information Portal.
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brunei reported 39 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 15,283 with 100 deaths.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) will hold the first meeting on Friday regarding the COVID-19 booster dose, said sources on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): India has administered over 140 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, said a press release from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Lilongwe [Malawi] December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Health authorities in Malawi on Thursday disclosed that 3 cases of Omicron variant have been confirmed in the country and the government has tightened measures at all points of entry into the country.
New York [US], December 9 (ANI): Early laboratory data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron COVID-19 variant is useful, but it is still unclear how effective these will be in treating severely sick patients, a UN health agency panel said on Thursday.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Economic and health inequalities remain a major obstacle toward achieving global and national targets in eliminating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report released on Thursday.