A day after the Centre issued recent tips on Covid-19, a number of states have began imposing curbs in view of the menace posed by the Omicron variant.
Union Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had on Tuesday issued particular tips to the states within the backdrop of “preliminary indicators of surge” in circumstances of Covid-19 in addition to elevated detection of the Omicron in several elements of the nation. After Maharashtra and Karnataka, Delhi additionally got here out with recent curbs.
In response to information up to date at 8 am on Wednesday, India recorded 6,317 new circumstances of Covid-19 and 318 deaths within the final 24 hours. The nation’s energetic caseload presently stands at 78,190, the bottom in 575 days.
In response to information company PTI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will maintain a gathering on the state of affairs amid recent considerations attributable to the Omicron variant.
Christmas, New 12 months gatherings banned in Delhi
Amid the menace posed by the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the Delhi Catastrophe Administration Authority (DDMA) has said that no occasion or gathering to have a good time Christmas or New 12 months might be allowed within the metropolis.
DDMA mentioned that as per its order dated December 15, all social, political, sports activities, leisure, cultural and non secular occasions are prohibited and no gatherings could be held. “All District Magistrates and DCPs shall be certain that no cultural occasion/gatherings/congregations happen for celebrating Christmas or New 12 months in NCT of Delhi,” it said.
Delhi recorded 125 Covid circumstances in a day with a positivity price of 0.20 per cent whereas there was zero dying because of the viral an infection, in keeping with information shared by the Delhi well being division on Wednesday.
With this, the entire variety of circumstances reported within the metropolis up to now elevated to 14,42,515. Of those, over 14.16 lakh have recuperated from the illness, the division mentioned.
The dying toll because of Covid-19 stands at 25,102. Delhi has recorded 4 deaths because of Covid in December up to now. The town reported 102 circumstances on Tuesday with a positivity price of 0.20 per cent and 91 circumstances on Monday with the identical positivity price.
Karnataka orders quarantine for major, secondary contacts of Covid sufferers
The Karnataka authorities Wednesday directed the well being officers, deputy commissioners and district surveillance officers to steadfastly observe, hint and quarantine major and secondary contacts of individuals contaminated by Covid-19. At the moment, round 300 Covid circumstances are being reported day by day in Karnataka and the Check Positivity Fee (TPR) is between 0.25 per cent and 0.3 per cent. As on date, 19 circumstances of Omicron have been detected in Karnataka.
In a round issued to the district and well being officers, principal secretary, well being and household welfare, T Okay Anil Kumar mentioned 19 circumstances of the Omicron variant have been detected and “if left unchecked, could set off a spike in variety of new infections.”
“To maintain the positive factors achieved up to now in surveillance, containment efforts and to make greatest efforts to stop incidence of the third wave of COVID infections within the State, it’s essential to hint, observe and quarantine the first and secondary contacts of COVID-19 optimistic individuals, extra successfully,” Kumar mentioned in his round.
When will authorities present vaccine booster photographs, asks Rahul Gandhi
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday mentioned a big inhabitants of the nation continues to be not vaccinated towards Covid-19, noting that solely 42 % of the inhabitants might be vaccinated by December finish towards the required price of 60 % to stop the third wave of coronavirus.
He additionally requested the federal government to supply booster photographs. Sharing information about vaccinations, Gandhi mentioned there’s a day by day shortfall of 55.3 million doses (a million is the same as 10 lakh). “Majority of our inhabitants continues to be not vaccinated. When will GOI start booster photographs? #VaccinateIndia,” he tweeted.
In the meantime, Dr VK Paul, Member-Well being, Niti Aayog mentioned that booster doses, if launched, need to be backed by scientific decision-making. “Well being Minister has mentioned within the parliament, the necessity, the timing, and the character of boosting if any might be based mostly on the scientific determination, considering,” he was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
No vaccination certificates, no wage: Punjab govt tells workers
The Punjab authorities has instructed its workers they received’t get their salaries in the event that they don’t furnish their Covid vaccine certificates.
It has requested the workers to register their full or provisional vaccination certificates quantity with the state authorities’s human sources portal iHRMS. In the event that they fail to take action, they will be unable to get their salaries, the federal government mentioned in an order.
The transfer is being seen because the state authorities’s try and encourage increasingly workers to get themselves vaccinated towards Covid as considerations escalate over the brand new variant of coronavirus, Omicron.
The order issued by the Punjab authorities additionally requested workers to hyperlink the Covid vaccination certificates quantity with the wage module in order that in case an worker doesn’t furnish data concerning vaccination, his/her wage will not be launched.
Haryana to impose restrictions on those that aren’t absolutely vaccinated
Haryana is ready to impose restrictions on people who find themselves not absolutely vaccinated towards Covid, state Well being Minister Anil Vij mentioned on Wednesday.
“From January 1, individuals who haven’t taken each doses won’t be allowed to enter marriage halls, motels, eating places, workplaces, banks, or different public locations. That is to guard ourselves amid the rising Omicron menace,” Vij was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
9 extra circumstances of Omicron detected in Kerala, tally now 24
9 extra circumstances of the Omicron variant of coronavirus had been detected in Kerala on Wednesday, taking the tally to 24, state Well being Minister Veena George mentioned. Six individuals who reached Ernakulam and three who reached Thiruvananthapuram have been detected with the virus, the minister mentioned.
Two from the UK, aged 18 and 47 years, a 43-year-old girl and a 11-year-old from Tanzania, a girl aged 44 from Ghana and a 26-year-old girl from Eire are these discovered contaminated in Ernakulam.
A pair aged 54 and 52 from Nigeria and a girl aged 51 from the UK had been confirmed with the an infection in Thiruvananthapuram.
Second Omicron case in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday reported its second optimistic case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 after the samples of a 39-year-old girl who not too long ago arrived from Kenya, confirmed it, the state well being division mentioned.
The lady who landed at Chennai airport on December 10 and travelled to Tirupati by street is wholesome and in institutional quarantine beneath shut remark of the well being division officers, the official twitter deal with of ArogyaAndhra mentioned.
“She was examined upon reaching Tirupati and was declared RT-PCR optimistic for COVID-19 on December 12, 2021. Her pattern was despatched to CCMB, Hyderabad for genome sequencing and the end result was declared as Omicron optimistic on 22-12-2021,” it mentioned.
Nevertheless, six of the relations of the lady have examined adverse for the virus.
That is the second case of Omicron recognized within the state.
4 extra Omicron circumstances in Rajasthan
4 new circumstances of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, the state Well being Division mentioned Wednesday. Three of the sufferers are Jaipur residents with no journey historical past or contact with any optimistic individual or foreigner, a press release from the division mentioned.
The brand new variant was additionally detected in a 27-year-old feminine resident of Kenya who’s at present beneath isolation at a Delhi hospital, it mentioned, including that the state authorities has knowledgeable the authorities in Delhi concerning the case.
In response to the division, one of many three circumstances in Jaipur is a 62-year-old resident of Pratapnagar. The person had been admitted to a hospital on December 10 after experiencing fever and subsequently examined optimistic for Covid-19. He was discharged from the hospital on December 18 after testing adverse, the division mentioned.
(With company inputs)
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