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06 Jan, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
India's Omicron COVID tally crosses 1,000-mark; states further tighten measures to deal with surge in coronavirus casesDelhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, meanwhile, said Omicron is gradually spreading in the community and the variant of concern has been f...
30 Dec, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
Etail to food tech cos keep a close watch, refocus on second wave measuresThese companies have started relying on measures they had taken during the second wave earlier this year, though they have yet to undertake...
28 Dec, 2021, 11.41 AM IST
Karnataka records six more Omicron cases, tally now 14The new cases of Omicron have been detected after five cases were reported in the state on Thursday.
18 Dec, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
10 new cases of Omicron variant reported from Karnataka, Delhi and Gujarat to take country tally to 83Karnataka, Delhi and Gujarat reported five, four and one fresh cases of the Omicron variant to take the total to eight, ten and five respec...
17 Dec, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Karnataka reports five more Omicron cases; tally now eight"Five more cases of Omicron have been detected in Karnataka today: 19 yr male returning from UK, 36 yr male returning from Delhi, 70 yr fem...
16 Dec, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
Omicron variant: Maharashtra reports two more cases, country's tally climbs to 40With these two cases -- one from Latur and the other from Pune -- the tally of patients infected with the newly discovered variant of the c...
13 Dec, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh report their first Omicron variant case; tally goes up to 38A man who arrived from South Africa became the third person to test positive for the COVID-19 variant in Karnataka, while a 40-year-old man...
12 Dec, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
Covid may be getting milder, says PHFI chief K Srinath ReddyReddy says Omicron may be a step in the progression towards the milder virus.
08 Dec, 2021, 07.25 AM IST
Bengaluru doctor who recovered from Omicron tests COVID positive again"It is true that the doctor who was infected with Omicron variant has once again tested positive for COVID-19," a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanaga...
07 Dec, 2021, 02.58 PM IST
Karnataka is taking measures to set up more genomic sequencing labs: CM"We have taken measures to set up genomic sequencing labs, it requires expert facilities and lab equipment. Instructions have been given to...
07 Dec, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Delhi reports first case of Omicron variant"So far, 17 COVID-19 patients and six of their contacts have been admitted to the Lok Nayak Hospital. The Omicron variant has been found in...
05 Dec, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
Bengaluru doctor infected with Omicron doing fineThe doctor is now under isolation and observation at the designated hospital. His wife and daughter are also being treated there. An entire...
04 Dec, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
Doctors' meet in Bengaluru super-spreader event?An international medical conference at a star hotel in Bengaluru from November 19-21 is under the scanner after at least three doctors who ...
04 Dec, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
Two cases of Omicron in Karnataka, first known infected person slips outA 66-year-old South African of Indian origin and a 46-year-old doctor with no travel history were the two. The foreigner, the first reporte...
03 Dec, 2021, 07.35 AM IST
K'taka CM to chair high-level meeting on Friday to discuss 'Omicron' variant"We are holding a meeting tomorrow with all details and will come out with new SoPs (standard operating procedure). We are also trying to g...
02 Dec, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
Detection of Two Omicron Cases: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to take a call on how Karnataka should respond to latest challenge on FridayThree days ago, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai had said the South African traveller's lab reports revealed he had been infected with a Cov...
02 Dec, 2021, 09.23 PM IST