As Covid-19 cases multiply, frontline workers and seniors receive 'precautionary doses'
India began administering 'precautionary dose' of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to frontline workers and healthcare staff
India began administering 'precautionary dose' of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to frontline workers and healthcare staff
The operation was carried out by Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CRPF jointly after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in a village.
The country reported 90,928 fresh coronavirus infections, the highest in over 200 days, that pushed its caseload to 3,51,09,286.
The health ministry said that active cases accounted for less than 1 per cent and recorded at 0.81 per cent of the total confirmed infections in the country.
India on Thursday saw 495 Omicron cases, its biggest single-day jump in cases of the variant.
Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech on Wednesday got 'in principle' approval from the country's drug regulator to test nasal COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot.
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Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and road transport minister Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for Rs 4,200 crore Lucknow-Kanpur expressway on Wednesday (January 5).