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Omicron live updates: Jaipur
reports 9 cases from one family
having travel history to South
Africa
Delhi reported its first case of new Covid-19 Variant
Omicron on Sunday. This is the fifth case of Omicron
reported in the country. The first two cases of
Omicron were reported in Karnataka. On Saturday,
the third and the fourth case of the infection were
reported from Gujarat's Jamnagar and
Maharashtra's Dombivli respectively. Stay with TOI
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22:07 (IST) Dec 05

Omicron variant found in almost one-

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21:58 (IST) Dec 05

Tamil Nadu has not detected any cases

of Omicron variant and five international
passengers who tested Covid-19 positive
on their arrival from United Kingdom
and Singapore are suspected to have
contracted 'Delta' variant of the disease,
says Health minister Ma Subramanian.
(ANI)

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20:17 (IST) Dec 05

The Covid-19 working group of the

National Technical Advisory Group on
Immunization (NTAGI) is likely to meet
on Dec 6 to discuss additional dose of
Covid-19 and pediatric vaccination:
Sources.

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19:54 (IST) Dec 05

Jaipur reports 9 cases of Omicron from

one family having travel history to South
Africa; total tally of Omicron cases in
India rises to 21

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19:31 (IST) Dec 05

Two close contacts of the Omicron

positive patient in Jamnagar, Gujarat,
have tested Covid positive. They are
suspected to be infected by the same
variant. One of them is the wife of the
patient who came with him from
Zimbabwe: Officials

18:53 (IST) Dec 05

Four persons who returned from foreign

tours and three of their close contacts
have tested positive for the new variant:
Maharashtra health official.

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18:50 (IST) Dec 05

Seven more people have tested positive

for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in
Maharashtra. Total 8 cases of Omicron
reported in the state so far: Maharashtra
Public Health Department

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18:37 (IST) Dec 05

We have intensified surveillance

mechanism at int’l airport in Hyderabad.
970 passengers arrived in city since Dec
1. Upon screening with RT-PCR, 13 were
found positive and they were
immediately shifted to chosen facility:
Telangana Health Director Dr Srinivas
Rao. (ANI)

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18:17 (IST) Dec 05

Kerala on Sunday recorded 4,450 fresh

COVID-19 cases and 161 deaths, raising
the caseload to 51,54,092 and the toll to
41,600 respectively.

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17:40 (IST) Dec 05

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17:20 (IST) Dec 05

Around 59 students test Covid positive in

Karnataka, all asymptomatic.
As many as 69 people, including 59 students of
the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, here have
tested positive for Covid-19 and all are
asymptomatic, a health officer said. "We had
conducted tests on 457 people in the JNV here,
of which 59 students and 10 staff tested positive.
They are asymptomatic but we have isolated
them," District Health Officer Dr S N Umesh said.

17:00 (IST) Dec 05

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16:40 (IST) Dec 05

126 foreign travellers have arrived in

Shahjahanpur, 86 people are left for
contact tracing, sampling & isolation;
process is underway. Medical officers
have been directed to take health info of
travellers and take samples on and after
7 days of their arrival: CMO, SP Gautam
on Omicron variant. (ANI)

16:38 (IST) Dec 05

It is a historic day on two counts. Firstly,

the OPD of AIIMS-Bilaspur has started
functioning and secondly, Himachal
Pradesh has come forward with vigour
and enthusiasm to administer ‘Double
Dose’ of Covid vaccination: BJP president
JP Nadda at Bilaspur. (ANI)

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16:01 (IST) Dec 05

Today, we manufacture 31-32cr Covid

doses in a month. When the world's
medical experts denied going to their
duties, PM Modi encouraged our health
and frontline workers by clapping for
them; today India has administered 127cr
doses: Union Health Min Dr. Mansukh
Mandaviya at Bilaspur. (ANI)

15:59 (IST) Dec 05

A passenger from Singapore who had

tested positive for Covid-19 at the
Madurai Airport on Dec 4, has been
admitted to Aasaripallam Government
Hospital. It is yet to be ascertained if he
has been infected with the Omicron
variant: Kanniyakumari District admin

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15:18 (IST) Dec 05

Read: New Covid testing rules for

inbound US, UK travellers
In the US, the new protocol will come into effect
from December 6. The UK will implement the
measures from December 7.
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14:55 (IST) Dec 05

Four people arrived from Dubai three

days back. Two of them have been found
Covid-19 positive in RT-PCR test.

14:49 (IST) Dec 05

Govt of UK makes Covid negative report

mandatory for all passengers
All people aged 12 years and over must take
a PCR or LFD Covid-19 test before they travel to
England from abroad, said UK govt in a
statement.

14:19 (IST) Dec 05

5 with travel history of Africa detected

Covid positive in Bihar, reports IANS.
Five passengers, who came from Omicron
affected countries of Africa, were detected Covid
positive in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Sunday,
and their samples have been sent for genome
testing.The patients had recently arrived in
Gopalganj. As per the Covid protocol, the district
administration conducted RT-PCR tests of these
passengers and the reports came positive.
Following the development, the district
administration sent them to an observation
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