Four of the infected patients died after developing complications linked to severe pre-existing illnesses, while health officials said hospitals across Andhra Pradesh have been placed on alert and five samples are undergoing genome sequencing.
Claiming that Odisha is fully prepared to tackle any possible resurgence of COVID-19, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said on Tuesday that the public has no reason to panic as the state has implemented all necessary preparedness measures.
Following a new COVID-19 case in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the health department has appealed to the public to remain vigilant.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that just as the people of the country united to confront the global COVID-19 pandemic, a similar sense of collective responsibility and national spirit is now needed amid the evolving situation in West Asia.
Odisha, endowed with a huge tourism potential, has recorded a substantial increase in the footfall of foreign tourists to coastal state in recent years after a considerable decline in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
Talking about the COVID vaccines rollout, PM said India is ready with not one but two made-in-India coronavirus vaccines for the protection of humanity.
Meanwhile, a Kolkata airport official said, the airport is clocking high footfall with several international flights.
The objective of the Dry Run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to assess operational feasibility in the use of Co-WIN application in the field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guideway forward prior to actual implementation.
This is the first flight from the UK after the services were suspended between the two nations on December 23 over the new and more contagious strain of the virus.
India lost 1.4 per cent of its GDP due to premature deaths and morbidity linked to pollution. The Lancet had collaborated with the Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation while crafting this report.
