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Monday, Jun 23, 2025
Of the 19,227 international travellers tested during the period, 124 were found Covid positive, they said, adding that all of them were put in isolation.
Official COVID-19 figures from China have become unreliable as less testing is being done across the country following the recent easing of the "zero-COVID" policy.
As Covid scare reaches India, 8 in 10 people are likely to ring in the New Year at home with immediate family members as the state governments advise against large gatherings, a report has said.
According to a note issued by the Health Ministry, those travelling to India from these COVID-risk countries should also register via the AirSuvidha portal.
IIT Kharagpur's director V K Tewary said that the institute is aiming to be among the top 10 in the world.
Now, as the virus sweeps through a country of 1.4 billion people who lack natural immunity having been shielded for so long, there is growing concern about possible deaths, virus mutations and the impact, again, on the economy.
Monday's two deaths were the first to be reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) since Dec. 3, days before Beijing announced it was abandoning curbs which had largely kept the virus in check for three years but triggered widespread protests last month.
The protesters, who have tasted success in achieving their objectives to some extent, might be encouraged to take calculated risks again.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George said the new genetic variants -- XBB and XBB1 -- of COVID-19 are more contagious than earlier ones.
A decline of 648 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
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