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Everyone Will Get Omicron, Boosters Won't Stop It: Top Medical Expert -Akhil Kumar

-NDTV.com "A majority of us will not know we have been infected, probably more than 80% will not even know when we have it," said Dr. Jaiprakash Muliyil. New Delhi: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is "almost unstoppable" and everyone will eventually be infected with it, a top government expert told NDTV. Booster vaccine doses won't stop the rapid spread of the virus, he added. ''It makes no difference. The infection will...

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No need for lockdown, says WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan

-The Hindu ‘There is a better understanding of COVID-19 now’ Chennai: The World Health Organization’s Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Saturday said lockdowns were not needed since there was a better understanding of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Speaking to presspersons at an event in which a nutrition garden was inaugurated at Thiruvanmiyur by Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan, she said, “During the first wave, we did not know much about it, which...

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Omicron drives Indians, especially health workers, to quietly get booster from pvt hospitals -Mohana Basu and Anusha Ravi Sood

-ThePrint.in Centre is yet to recommend Booster dose for Covid vaccine & CoWin neither allows registration for third dose nor issues certificate for it. But that appears to be no impediment for some. New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Fear of a drop in antibody level six months after receiving the second vaccine dose, and rising concern about the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, have pushed people in some parts of the country...

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Centre pushes 11 States to step up vaccination; no national curbs

-The Hindu Business Line Experts to decide on jabs for children, Booster dose The Centre will wait for the expert view to decide on Covid vaccination for children and booster shots but focus on scaling up the pace of inoculation, with the Health Ministry on Friday impressing on 11 States to ramp up their effort. The States that are a cause of concern are Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh,...

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Govt readies Booster dose to revive stuttering economy, may target MSME sector -Suchetana Ray

-Hindustan Times India’s economic growth slumped to 5.7% in April-June quarter, which experts attribute to demonetisation that sucked out 86% of the currency in circulation from a largely cash-reliant economy. The government’s expected measures to revive a stuttering economy could mainly target the MSME sector and involve a re-look at public-private project norms to boost investment without breaching its fiscal deficit target for the year, officials involved in the process told HT. Besides,...

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