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Four cases of Omicron sub-variant BF.7 have been reported in West Bengal, two each in Gujarat and Haryana, and one in Odisha
There were concerns that the Covid infection and death numbers would only go up with the New Year festivities
By the end of April 2023, China may see 1.7 million deaths from this wave of infections, Airfinity said
Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya is expected to visit the Delhi airport on Thursday to take stock of the situation
Around 50 per cent of people over 60 years of age are fully vaccinated. Vaccination is significantly lower for the rest of the country
The rule applies to passengers arriving from five nations and calls for quarantine of infected/symptomatic flyers; travellers fear list may soon include more countries
States told to audit Covid-specific facilities, including hospital infrastructure
A new and highly transmissible BF.7 strain of the Omicron variant is behind a widespread surge of Covid infections in China
The government's abrupt abandonment of its long-held Covid Zero strategy has made the outlook for the economy very uncertain as factories brace for disruption and labor shortages rise
Anecdotal evidence suggests that many businesses have been forced to close as infected workers quarantine at home while many other people are deciding not to go out
The world's most populous nation is rapidly abandoning the mass testing, lockdowns and centralized quarantine that defined the stringent, three year-old policy
Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
The worsening trade performance is undermining a strong pillar of China's economy over the last two years, where the rise in exports to record levels have provided Chinese firms with stable demand
Our financial system needs more time for the broad-based transmission of the past concentrated increases in the repo rate (190 basis points in just four months)
Industry players say lockdown could have an impact on the supply of components used in consumer durables
The total number of infections in Beijing are still a relatively small number for a city of 22 million, but they've been enough to send panic through China's capital
The workers were transported to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province early Friday "without prior communications," the city's authorities said; it didn't say whether any of the people tested positive
Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,232
South Korea had one of the world's lowest Covid fatality rates, with the third-fewest deaths per 100,000 people out of the 38 members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development