Omicron LIVE Updates: India's new variant cases tally crosses 250; PM Modi's review meet today

Omicron variant LIVE Updates: Amid fresh concerns caused by the Omicron variant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting on the COVID-19 situation in the country on Thursday (today). India has so far recorded close to 250 cases of Omicron across 15 states and union territories even though at least 90 of the infected people have either recovered or migrated. With the Omicron variant of coronavirus slowly spreading its tentacles in the country, a number of states enhanced surveillance to trace, track and quarantine contacts of COVID-19 positive persons while Delhi began genome sequencing of samples of all infected people and has prohibited Christmas and New Year gatherings. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), on the other hand, directed district magistrates to ensure no Christmas and New Year gathering takes place in the national capital. Haryana also imposed some curbs in public places from January 1. The Karnataka government has directed district authorities and health officials to enhance surveillance and designate contact tracers and quarantine observers to curb the spread. Meanwhile, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria has stressed adhering to Covid-appropriate behaviour, observing that people have become lax in following these norms.

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India logs 6,317 COVID cases, over 6,000 recoveries in 24 hours; active cases lowest in 575 days

COVID-19 India Live News Updates: India recorded 6,317 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 318 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the country saw a total of 6,906 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.40 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached to 3,42,01,966.

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Delhi, Gurugram air quality in 'very poor' category; Noida slips to 'severe'

Delhi's air quality remained in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) being recorded at 385, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). 

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Parliament likely to adjourn sine die ahead of schedule today

The Winter Session of Parliament that started on November 29, is set to end today, a day ahead of schedule. As per the schedule, the Rajya Sabha is likely to debate on the Appropriation Bill following which the session will be adjourned sine die. The Lok Sabha is likely to discuss the issues of price rise and climate change today.

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Kerala: Rahul Gandhi to visit his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in Kerala on a two-day visit commencing on Wednesday during which he will also visit his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad. 

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Omicron Variant LIVE Updates: 220 cases in 14 states; Centre asks states to 'activate' war rooms

Omicron Variant LIVE Updates: Ecuador has confirmed 19 more cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total number of cases to 22, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. All 19 cases were detected in the southwest coastal province of Guayas, the ministry said in a statement. Those infected with this variant of coronavirus, originally identified in South Africa, were in contact with a case detected last week in Guayas' capital Guayaquil, according to the ministry. All the people have mild symptoms and were isolated, since they were identified as contacts of the case, the ministry said, adding "an epidemiological fence has been established through their contacts and the contacts of the contacts." The case was confirmed by health authorities on December 17 in Guayaquil, involving a 48-year-old woman who was infected at a social gathering. Ecuador's first case was confirmed on December 14 and involves an Ecuadorian engineer who arrived in the country from South Africa.

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Breaking News, December 22 | LIVE Updates

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