Schools, cinemas and gyms shut: Yellow alert in Delhi amid Covid alarm|

Schools, cinemas and gyms shut: Yellow alert in Delhi amid Covid alarm |

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) issued additional recommendations on Tuesday as part of the “yellow alert” declared in the national capital due to an increase in Covid-19 cases. In over six months, the city has had the biggest single-day increase in cases. When the positivity rate for two consecutive days exceeds 0.5 percent, or … Read more

Be proactive, check international travel ease: PM Modi amid Omicron fear

Be proactive, check international travel ease: PM Modi amid Omicron fear

PM Modi presided over a nearly two-hour high-level conference to assess the country’s public health readiness and immunisation posture for Covid-19. In light of worldwide worry over omicron, a recently found strain of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructed officials to reconsider plans to remove restrictions on overseas travel on Saturday. The Prime Minister made the remarks after chairing a nearly two-hour high-level meeting to examine the country’s public health readiness and vaccination-related circumstances for Covid-19. The ramifications for India were also examined as … Read more