Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The Palm Springs International Film Festival has cancelled its star-studded, in-person awards ceremony amid rising concerns around COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): India reported 5,326 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 581 days, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 21 (ANI): Six more international travellers have tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, taking the total number of such foreign returnees to 12 in the city since December 1.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 21 (ANI): Gujarat government has extended night curfew till December 31 in eight major cities of the state amid rising COVID-19 variant Omicron cases in the state.
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's COVID-19 cases continued to surge on Monday as the Omicron variant rapidly took hold in the country.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The Biden Administration has clarified that it has no intention of imposing new shutdowns amid a surge in Omicron variant across the US.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 21 (ANI): Two people in Dehradun is suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 variant of Omicron after meeting their relative in Delhi who have been tested positive with the Omicron variant of the virus, said R Rajesh Kumar, District Magistrate, Dehr
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, the expert has cautioned that though the new strain does not manifest severe symptoms in vaccinated people, it might cause serious infection in unvaccinated people.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that evidence has shown Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 20 (ANI): Kerala recorded four more Omicron infections on Monday, taking the total number of persons infected with the variant to 15, Health Minister Veena George's office informed today.
Beijing [China], December 20 (ANI): Grim days are ahead for the Chinese economy as the growth rate is to slump below 5 per cent following the property crisis, industrial slump, weak consumption and the fallout from COVID-19-led lockdowns.
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): As India is witnessing a surge in cases of "highly transmissible" Omicron variant, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has submitted the phase 3 clinical trial application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to get approval for the booster dose