![]() ![]() While Delhi and Karnataka have imposed weekend lockdowns, the Tamil Nadu government has ordered a shutdown on Sundays. Weekend curbs kick in across most cities in India as the states try to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The three priority groups of healthcare workers, frontline workers and 60-plus population with comorbidities, who are eligible for their third “precautionary dose” 39 weeks after getting their second jab, can either book an online appointment or walk in to any vaccination centre, sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The national Covid-19 recovery rate decreased to 97.30 per cent, the health ministry said. The active cases currently stand at 1.34 per cent of the total infections. The death toll increased to 4,83,463 with 285 patients succumbing to the infection.Īccording to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, 3,071 cases of Omicron variant reported across 27 states and union territories so far, out of which 1,203 have recovered or migrated. ![]() With 40,895 recoveries, the active caseload stands at 4,72,169. India reported 1,41,986 daily Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the country’s total caseload to 3,53,68,372. The election officers will be treated as frontline workers and will be administered booster doses, he added. Terming the situation as “very dynamic”, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said all the government officials on poll duty will be doubly vaccinated. With India fighting a third wave of Covid-19 ahead of assembly polls in five states, the election commission on Saturday banned all kinds of physical roadshows, padyatras, processions, cycle or bicycle rallies till January 15. ![]() Follow | Latest updates on Covid-19, January 9 ![]()
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