Coronavirus

Mahesh Babu tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Covid-19 reports of his family including wife Namrata Shirodkar, are awaited.

Mandal asserted that not only was the vaccination a "great thing" offered by the government but that he felt better after each dose.

According to statistics updated on Wednesday by the Union Health Ministry, a total of 2,630 cases of the Omicron form of coronavirus have been found across 23 states and Union Territories, with 995 having recovered or moved.

In response to Punjab Health Minister OP Soni's proposal to ban large-scale political rallies in the face of growing COVID-19 cases, the Union Minister said that the latter is causing fear among people by seeking a ban.

Cough syrups, paracetamol pills, Vitamin C, zinc tablets, azithromycin, and ivermectin should not be in short supply, according to the government.

The current COVID active caseload in India is 2,14,004, according to the health ministry's 8 am bulletin. Active cases account for fewer than 1% of total cases, which stands at 0.61 per cent.

According to Pednekar, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is expected to address the Covid issue in the state within the next 2-3 days.

At least 12 cases of the new variant have been reported near Marseilles, and now it has been listed in the travel list to the African country Cameroon

An official from the shipping agency said the infected passengers refused to get admitted to a medical facility in Goa.

The active caseload has now risen to 1,71,830 with a rise of 26,248 new cases in the last 24 hours. A total of 11,007 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the overall recovery number to 3,43,06,414, the Health Ministry stated.