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India May See Fourth Covid Wave From June, Peak In August: Study

-PTI/ NDTV.com Officials at the World Health Organization recently warned that Omicron may not be the last Covid variant and the next strain could be more contagious. New Delhi: The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid-to-late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, recently posted on the preprint repository MedRxiv, used a...

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States recalibrate Covid curbs as Delhi imposes weekend curfew

-The Hindu Business Line High positivity, surge in Omicron spread not resulting in increased hospitalisation Delhi imposed weekend curfew and the Centre reintroduced pandemic-induced attendance system for officers as daily Covid-19 infections surged to a staggering 37,379 on Tuesday, the highest since September with a national positivity rate of 3.24 per cent. The Omicron tally in the country also expanded to 1,892 with Maharashtra at 568, followed by Delhi at 382 and Kerala...

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Teachers and parents fear for students’ wellbeing amid school closure -Jaismita Alexander

-The Telegraph West Bengal government shut down schools and colleges again from January 3   Vaccination for students aged 15 to 18 has begun School students in West Bengal who returned to the campus after a 20-month break in November are back behind the screen amid a surge in COVID cases across the country. Achal Sarkar, a student of Class XI at St. Xavier’s Institution, Panihati, had been looking forward to school reopening after the...

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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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'Want to know about govt policy', SC on plea seeking revival of vaccine PSUs

-IANS/ National Herald The Supreme Court on Monday sought Centre's response on a plea seeking revival of vaccine public sector units, to boost Covid-19 vaccination amid the pandemic. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna said: "We want to know what the policy of the government is..." The bench noted that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta wass appearing for the Centre and took note of his submissions that a reply will be...

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