Coronavirus

Union Health Minister Mansukh Madaviya informed that more than 75% of the eligible population in the country is now fully vaccinated.

The WHO claimed that they are aware of the new virus variant developing, but it requires further study to ascertain if it poses a risk to humans.

India's caseload stands at 4,08,58,241, while the active cases are 20,04,333. The active cases declined by 1,01,278 since the last 24 hours.

India's Covid vaccination coverage has now crossed 164.35 crore doses. According to Health Ministry, 95 per cent of the adult population has been administered the first dose, while 74 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Veena George said continuous sequencing of the Covid positive samples are being done, and almost 94 per cent of the samples test positive for Omicron and 6 per cent for delta.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order asking all states and Union Territories (UTs) to urge their local and district administrations to adopt containment measures against the danger of the Omicron version as soon as possible based on their assessment of the situation.

The health ministry reported a decline in COVID infections and a fall in positivity rates in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Haryana, and West Bengal, a healthy trend a major relief for the people.

The daily positivity rate is up from 16.10 per cent to 19.59 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate registered stands at 17.75 per cent.

The World Economic Outlook predicted that the Indian economy would grow at 9 per cent in 2022 but could dip to 7.2 per cent in 2023.

The travel changes come following the Boris Johnson-government's claim that the booster programme had been a success.