China Reports 9,000 Deaths Per Day: Data Firm

31 Dec 2022

Covid deaths increased to 9,000 per day in China. According to the data firm, "British-based research firm Airfinity has doubled the number of people it estimates are dying from COVID in China as the number of infections soar. It comes after Beijing lifted draconian zero-COVID health measures in November that...

BMC TO Set Up Infra To Fight Covid

31 Dec 2022

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that it can set up the required medical infrastructure within 15 days due to the increasing Covid-19 cases, "We have 4,000 doctors, 7,500 nurses, and 4,500 paramedical staff that are trained to handle COVID-19." Moreover, the civic body added that it has 4,000 metric...

WHO Demands Specific Data From China On Covid

31 Dec 2022

According to the WHO website, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had a meeting with Chinese officials and asked for specific and clear data on the epidemiological situation in China. Moreover, the WHO asked for more genetic sequencing data. In a meeting, WHO demanded data including hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions,...

India reports 226 cases of Covid-19

31 Dec 2022

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that India has recorded 226 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, active cases in India stand at 3,653, and active cases at 0.01 percent. In the last 24 hours, the number of patients recovered from COVID-19...

INSACOG to hold meeting on genome sequencing on Friday

30 Dec 2022

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) on Friday will hold a virtual meeting. In the meeting, the main focus will be on the Genome sequencing results of international travelers who tested Covid-19 positive. Meanwhile, INSACOG will release a bulletin next week on different types of variants present in India....

India reports 243 cases of Covid-19

30 Dec 2022

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that India has recorded 243 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, active cases in India stand at 3,609, and active cases at 0.01 percent. In the last 24 hours, the number of patients recovered from COVID-19...

COVID TESTS MANDATORY FOR FLIERS FROM SIX COUNTRIES

30 Dec 2022

All international passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to India will have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR tests before departure and upload a report on the Air Suvidha portal from 1 January 2023, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday. This is in addition...

US returnee tests Covid-19 positive

29 Dec 2022

A Chandigarh University student, who returned from the United States (US) tested COVID-19 positive after two days returning from the United States. "The infected student has been quarantined, and the whole hostel is being sanitized," hostel authorities said. "His sample will be sent for genome sequencing," officials said. After the...

RT-PCR tests mandatory for international fliers from 6 countries

29 Dec 2022

The Union Health Ministry has made RT-PCR tests mandatory for all international passengers traveling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand to India. After undergoing RT-PCR tests they have to upload a report on the Air Suvidha portal from 1 January 2023. Meanwhile, within 72 hours the...

Covid Concern: US considers new Covid prevention measures for arrivals from China

28 Dec 2022

Amidst the growing Covid concerns, the United States government may impose the new Covid-19 measures on people coming from China, a US official said. "There are mounting concerns in the international community on the ongoing COVID-19 surges in China and the lack of transparent data, including viral genomic sequence data,...