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Coronavirus Live Updates: German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has warned of a huge wave of infections as the country records its first death from the heavily mutated coronavirus variant – Omicron. India’s Omicron tally crossed the 300-mark on Thursday and stood at 341 with a record one-day jump of 84 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
On Thursday, Tamil Nadu recorded the highest daily count with 33 fresh cases, followed by Maharashtra- 23, Karnataka- 12, Delhi and Gujarat- seven cases, while two patients tested positive for the variant in Odisha.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his Christmas Eve message on Friday called for the British public to be a “wonderful” gift to the nation as cases rise. Johnson said that while there’s little time left to buy a gift, “there’s still one wonderful thing you can give to your family and the whole country and that’s to get that jab, whether it’s your first or second, or yours.” Be a booster”.
The prime minister has dismissed tough virus restrictions in England over Christmas, despite a record increase in cases, driven by the Omicron edition. Meanwhile, in the United States, millions of Americans are on the move during the holiday season as the Covid infection with Omicron passed the peak of the delta wave. President Joe Biden this week pledged to erect more testing sites and send half a billion home kits starting in January.
As cases continue to rise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the country, calling for ‘vigilant’ (alert) and ‘careful’ stressed the need. ‘ (alert).
Stating that the government is alert and has captured the evolving scenario, he said the fight against the pandemic is not over yet and highlighted the “paramount importance” of COVID-safe behaviour, a statement from the PMO said. . The PM has directed officials to send central teams to states with low immunization, rising cases and inadequate health infrastructure, to help them improve the situation. In places like New Delhi and Maharashtra, the number of new infections has increased in recent days.
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