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.
Before Covid-19, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would have got all formalities out of the way simply and briefly over the telephone, handing the media the schedule in Colombo and Dhaka for the customary, if brief, notice the day after.
'We have approved an economic package of Rs 1,350 crores for Jammu and Kashmir's struggling business community. This is additional to the benefits of the Atmanirbhar Abhiyan, earlier announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' LG Manoj Sinha said.
The 70th FIFA Congress convened remotely for the first time, as all the 211 member associations joined via videoconference on Friday.
According to the health ministry data, the recovery rate of India stands at 79.28 per cent which is the highest in the world.
As many as 61,037 coronavirus tests were conducted, which included 49,834 rapid antigen tests and 11,203 TPCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests.
