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.
Delhi Capitals began their IPL 2020 campaign in emphatic style, clinching a thrilling win over Kings XI Pujab in their opening encounter on Sunday.
The plea had contended despite HPC orders, many continue to languish in jails in Maharashtra.
"Our findings suggest that we should proceed as usual with our vaccination strategy for global influenza this flu season," said study author Joe Zein from Cleveland Clinic in the US.
Measures are intended at reaching out to the poorest of the poor with food and money in hands so that they do not face difficulties in buying essential supplies and meeting essential needs.
It further informed that as many 2,361 persons of Tablighi Jamaat were evacuated by Delhi Police on March 29.
