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Samples of passengers coming to India from abroad were taken at international airports and seaports. In the investigation, 124 passengers found corona infected have been isolated. Government sources said that out of 124 positive infected, the results of genome sequencing of 40 have come. Of these, maximum 14 samples of Omicron's XBB.1 substrain were found. At the same time, BF.7.4.1 was found in one. There was a slight increase in Kovid infection in the country on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, 188 new cases were found, while 174 new cases were found on Wednesday. According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning, including new cases, a total of 4,46,79,319 have been infected in the country so far. At the same time, the number of active Covid cases has come down to 2554. While 5,30,710 have died so far. Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found during testing of international travellers between December 24 and January 3, and all these variants have ...

With Diwali just a week away, health experts have advised caution as the covid variants BA.7 and BA.5.1.7 are said to be highly infectious with greater transmissibility.Omicron sub-variants -- BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 -- after emerging from a region of Mongolia in China are now making their way to other parts and posing fresh threats. Health experts have suggested extra precautions to be taken since the five-day Diwali festival involves a lot of parties and get-togethers. Social distancing and masking up remain the primary defence against the lethal virus.Scientists have said that BF.7 can escape the antibodies from earlier illnesses or vaccinations better than the many other omicron sub-variants, according to two studies.Even though no death has been reported in the last two days, Delhi saw 135 fresh cases of Covid-19. The city saw 112 cases last week with a test positivity rate of 1.75 per cent while on Saturday, the number of cases was 130, with a positivity rate of 1.84 per cent. ...

Cases of corona infection still remain a cause of concern for the world, especially the new variants coming with time are increasing many more problems for the people. At present, cases of infection are being seen in most countries including India due to Omicron of Corona and its sub-variants. In the last 24 hours, 11539 people were found infected in the country while 34 have died. Although the Omicron variant has not been considered to cause more serious problems in studies, its nature and infectivity rate remains a cause for great concern. In a recent study about this, experts have made a big disclosure. Researchers said in a report that Omicron is also problematic for people who have received both doses of the vaccine or who have recently recovered from infection, meaning this variant is both natural or vaccine-made immunity in the body. Can infect people by dodging. Apart from this, its asymptomatic cases are going to increase even more concern. In a recent study, researchers sa...