Top 10 Omicron updates: India’s tally rises to 33 after Delhi reports new case of variant

Here are the latest updates about the new coronavirus variant:

India’s tally of Omicron cases went up to 33 on Saturday, after Delhi recorded its second case. The 35-year-old patient, who had received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, had travelled to Zimbabwe and South Africa.The Mumbai Police prohibited gatherings of five or more residents on Saturday and Sunday under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Code Procedure as Maharashtra recorded a total of 17 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus this week.The Madurai district administration has prohibited the entry into public spaces of those who have not been completely vaccinated against Covid-19, reported ANI, citing District Collector Dr S Aneesh Sekhar.The demand for Covid-19 test kits has shot up as residents in Bengaluru stand in queues at testing centres after authorities emphasised on the need for RT-PCR tests, reported The Times of India.In Pune city, the first patient who had tested positive for the Omicron variant was discharged from quarantine on Friday, The Indian Express reported. Former Director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Rakesh Mishra said that the very high rate of seropositivity should help India’s fight against the Omicron variant. Seropositivity is the presence of antibodies in the blood. But he stressed on the need for increased vaccination coverage and…

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