Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 28 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the state was ranked best-performer in the health parameters because the policy focused on strengthening the public health system.
Asuncion [ Paraguay], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Paraguay's Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday the first three Omicron cases in the country.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 27 (ANI): As Omicron cases continue to rise across the country, Karnataka has imposed a night curfew in the state.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): LordsMed, the pharma division of Lord's Mark Industries Pvt. Ltd., has entered medtech sector with distribution partnerships with Dozee and Indian Railways PSU Braithwaite & Co. to strengthen healthcare infrastructure.
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], December 26 (ANI): Odisha has reported four new Omicron cases, taking the total tally of the cases of the new variant of coronavirus to eight, informed State Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra on Sunday.
Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Dominican Republic has confirmed its first case of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, the country's Ministry of Public Health says.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 26 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh reported two new Omicron cases taking the tally in the state to six, according to Director, public health, Andhra Pradesh government, Dr G Hymavathi.
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): The Delhi government's Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested the public health inspector of North MCD for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1,75,000 for providing a health trade licence to run a spa here, the police said on Saturday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 24 (ANI): Two new Omicron cases were detected in Odisha on Thursday. However, the patients are asymptomatic, said Dr Niranjan Mishra, Director of Public Health, Odisha.
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Centre propose a fivefold strategy for tackling the threat of COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', in a review meeting on Thursday over public health preparedness by States and Union Territories for fighting COVID19 and the Omicron variant.
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Wednesday reported 2,739 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 916,477, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 22 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta instructed the district administrations to enhance testing and contact tracing of patients testing for COVID-19 in view of its new Omicron variant during a public health system review