COVID-19 India Live Updates: India’s active caseload currently stands at 93,277. (file)
New Delhi:
Delhi recorded its second case of Omicron as a passenger who returned from Zimbabwe tested positive. With the latest transition, India has so far registered 33 cases of the new variant Which has created new concern all over the world.
In Maharashtra, a three-year-old child was among the seven new patients confirmed by the state government on Friday; Mumbai has banned large gatherings for two days amid the scare. All the fresh cases in the state are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Most of the cases in India are also mild.
More than 90 international travelers who returned to India since December 1 tested positive for Covid. At least 80 of them have returned from “at-risk countries”.
India on Saturday reported 7,992 fresh COVID-19 cases and 393 deaths, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. According to the COVID bulletin, India’s active caseload currently stands at 93,277, the lowest in 559 days. The active caseload is less than one per cent of the total cases and is currently at 0.27 per cent, the lowest since March 2020.
Here are the live updates on coronavirus cases in India:
Madhya Pradesh | Corona positive has been found in two children from Nigeria. We have sent their samples to NCDC Delhi for genome sequencing: Dr Amit Malakar, COVID Nodal Officer, Indore (11.12) pic.twitter.com/DhznRkgnDQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2021
Thousands of people rallied in Vienna on Saturday to protest against restrictions introduced in Austria to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which included mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and orders to home confinement without vaccinations.
About 1,400 police officers were on duty to oversee the protest, which attracted an estimated 44,000 people, and followed a similar demonstration in the Austrian capital last week.
Police said three people were arrested for offenses including the use of fireworks and disobeying the requirement to wear masks.
Journalists covering the incident, which began in Heldenplatz square, were attacked with snowballs and snow, and one reporter was the victim of an attempted assault, police said. The crowd was addressed by Herbert Kickl, leader of the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party, who attacked the government’s response to the pandemic.
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled on Saturday that the country must demand proof of vaccination for visitors wishing to enter the country.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied requests from state health regulator Anvisa to ask for vaccination proof from visitors.
But Barroso said in his decision that Brazil needed to avoid supporting “antivaccine tourism”.
Australia said on Sunday that Omicron would reduce waiting times for people to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine following a surge in cases of the variant.
Australia previously said it would offer a COVID-19 booster to everyone over the age of 18 and who had a second dose of the vaccine six months ago.
But with the Omicron version increasing cases, Australia’s Health Minister Greg Hunt said the time interval after the second dose would be reduced to five months.
“A booster dose, five or more months after the second dose, will ensure that protection from the primary course is even stronger and longer-lasting and should help prevent the spread of the virus,” Hunt said in an emailed statement. “
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