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India on Monday reported 33,750 fresh #Covid19 cases and 123 deaths. According to the Union Ministry of Health, the #Omicron tally in the country has reached 1,700, of which 639 have recovered or been discharged.

Meanwhile, Covid vaccination for teenagers, aged between 15 to 18 years, began today. The Union Health Ministry had announced that Bharat Biotech’s #Covaxin will be the one that will be administered to eligible children — in two doses 28 days apart.

📸Amit Chakravarty

A 17-year-old became the first one to get the #COVID19 jab at the PCMC hospital in Pune's Kasarwadi as vaccination of those between 15 to 18 years began at 10.20 am.
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The Union Health Minister said other countries were witnessing “3-4 times the surge in #Covid19 cases in comparison to their earlier peaks” and noted that in India too, a “high surge in cases can overwhelm the medical system”. indianexpress.com/article/india/…

The sharp rise in daily cases and active caseload have led to a slight increase in the number of people hospitalised in #Mumbai.

The civic body on Saturday said that it has decided to hospitalise only symptomatic patients infected with the #Omicron variant of #Covid19 to save beds for those in need indianexpress.com/article/cities…

#Karnataka also reported six deaths, three from Bengaluru Urban and one each from Dakshina Kannada, Tumakuru and Uttara Kannada. indianexpress.com/article/cities…
#Omicron

A teenager gets a #Covid-19 jab at #Ahmedabad's Kameshwar School.📹 Nirmal Harindran.

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Vaccination centre for girls at the Govt Girls Senior Secondary School at sector 20 in Chandigarh, on 3rd, January 2022. Express video by Jasbir Malhi

Meanwhile, #Karnataka has reported 10 new cases of #Omicron, taking the tally to 76, said Health Minister K Sudhakar on Monday. Out of these 10 new cases, eight are from Bengaluru and two from Dharwad. indianexpress.com/article/educat…

In just 10 days, Covid cases in #Bihar has risen from around 30 to 1,084. Over 1.5 lakh samples are being tested everyday. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

The staff on strike include 9,500 employees under National Health Mission (NHM), 2,500 multipurpose health workers (MPHW), 3,000 staff nurses on regular rolls and 1,200 rural pharmacists. indianexpress.com/article/cities…
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