Increase in omicron cases in the country: Night curfew enforced in 8 states, 3 union territories

 Increase in omicron cases in the country: Night curfew enforced in 8 states, 3 union territories

New Delhi: Night curfew has been imposed in three union territories of eight states including Karnataka in view of the increase in the cases of Coronary Mutant Omron in the country.

As of today, night curfew has been implemented in Karnataka, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Union Territories of Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu. Curfew remained in force in Karnataka for the next ten days from 10 am to 5 am on Tuesday to curb omicron infection and police is taking action against the needy. There are also some restrictions imposed by the Graded Response Plan declared as Yellow Alert in Delhi. Mumbai recorded 70 per cent cases of omicron mutation on Tuesday, marking the first time in this month that over 1,000 Covid cases were reported. At the same time, 338 people have also been cured. Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Dr. S. Krishna has urged all the district magistrates to impose strict restrictions on the containment and to create containment zones to control Kovid-19 and its dangerous mutant Omron. s. Sandhu suggested on Tuesday

People above 60 years of age do not need a doctor's certificate to take booster dose: Central Government

New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday said other states with health problems above 60 years of age do not need to show any certificate from doctors to receive the booster dose.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who has written to the states and UTs, said that such eligible beneficiaries will be given a booster dose on completion of 39 weeks or 9 months from the date of receipt of the document in the Co-Win portal. second dose. COVIN will message all eligible beneficiaries to take the booster dose. They are informed that this will be reflected in the digital vaccination certificate. Rajesh Bhushan, in today's video conference with states and union territories, reviewed the COVID-19 vaccine for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years and booster doses for health, frontline workers and other diseases above 60 years of age. Currently, only children 15-18 years old have the Covaccine vaccine. Rajesh Bhushan said that additional vaccine will be sent to all states and union territories and will be shared with states and union territories over the next few days.

He said that vaccination for children will start from January 3, and beneficiaries can register on the Kovin portal from January 1. People who were born before 2007 are eligible to receive the vaccine at this stage.