The administration of 'precaution dose' of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare, frontline workers and those above 60 years in the country began on Monday. The online registration for 'precaution dose' on the Co-WIN platform began on Friday (January 8). 
A total of 3,623 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in India so far. Maharashtra reported 207 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, taking the state's overall tally of such patients to 1,216, an official statement said. Of the 207 new cases of the Omicron variant, 155 have been reported by the BJ medical college and 52 by the National Institute of Virology. Of the total 1,216 cases so far, 454 have been discharged after the negative test report. Mumbai has a total of 606 Omicron cases as of now, while 223 were reported so far in Pune city, 68 in Pimpri Chinchwad, Sangli 59, Nagpur 51, Thane city 48, and Pune rural 32. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed on the need to ensure adequate health infrastructure at the district level and asked officials to maintain coordination regarding this with the states, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation. PM said that a meeting with Chief Ministers to be convened to discuss state-specific scenarios, best-practices and the public health response.
Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in an encounter between security forces and terrorists in the Hasanpora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam, the police informed on Monday. Earlier on Sunday, an encounter has broken out between security forces and terrorists in the Hasanpora area of Kulgam.
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Air India airlines on Sunday introduced special features for its travelers wherein they can modify the number, dates, or sector of their flight booking until March 31 under 'One Free Change'. The feature has been introduced in view of the current prevailing situation of COVID-19.
Covid should be treated as an endemic virus similar to flu, and mass vaccination must end after the booster campaign, the former chairman of the UK's vaccine task force has said.
COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 1,59,632 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 327 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday (January 9), the country saw a total of 40,863 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.30 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 3,44,53,603.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
