 | Maharashtra reports eight more Omicron infections, tally rises to 48But 28 of these patients have already recovered or have been discharged after testing negative for COVID-19 in subsequent tests, the health department said. |
 | Mumbai: US-returned man tests positive for Omicron, BMC says he had taken three doses of vaccineNotably, the man, who has no symptoms, had taken three doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, it added. |
 | Covid-19: Karnataka records five more cases of Omicron, total rises to eightOne of them, a 70- year old female, whose samples were collected on December 5 at a private laboratory in Mahadevapura, had a travel history to Delhi. |
 | Four more people test positive for Omicron in Telangana; three of them not from 'at-risk' countryThe three from non-risk country are from Kenya, where the vaccine levels are extremely low due to what WHO calls as vaccine inequity. |
 | Telangana, West Bengal report first Omicron Covid variant casesA 24-year-old woman from Kenya and a 23-year-old man from Somalia, who landed in Hyderabad on December 12, have tested positive for the variant, a Telangana health official said |
 | Eight new cases of Omicron found in Maharashtra; none had history of overseas travelThe bulletin said one of those who have been infected with Omicron had travelled to Bengaluru, while the others had visited New Delhi. |
 | Three members of family returned from Uganda test positive for coronavirus in MaharashtraSatara district civil surgeon said the samples of all the four have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to ascertain if they have been infected with the Omicron variant of Covid. |
 | Man who returned from South Africa found positive for Omicron; Gujarat tally reaches fourEarlier, three cases of the Omicron variant infection were reported from Jamnagar in Gujarat, including a 72-year-old NRI man who had returned from Zimbabwe, his wife and brother-in-law. |
 | Maharashtra records two new cases of Omicron; count rises to 20 in stateWith these two cases -- one from Latur and the other from Pune -- the tally of patients infected with the newly discovered variant of the coronavirus rose to 20, it added. |
 | IIT-Delhi researchers develop RT-PCR based assay for detection of Omicron within 90 minutesCurrently, the identification or screening for Omicron is done worldwide using next-generation sequencing-based methods which require over three days. |
 | Kerala reports first Omicron Covid variant case, traveller from UK tests positiveHealth minister Veena George said Kerala has followed the centre’s guidelines and all arrangement were in place to deal with the situation. |
 | No Omicron in Odisha yet, Delta Covid variants still dominate infectionsDirector of Public Health Dr Niranjan Mishra said 1,286 foreign returnees registered their names in the Air Suvidha portal. |
 | 7 new Omicron cases in Mumbai, Pune, Maharashtra total now 17The cases confirmed in Mumbai are three males aged 25, 37 and 48 years, all with a recent travel history to the UK, South Africa and Tanzania. |
 | 25 Omicron cases detected in India so far, symptoms mostly mild: GovernmentAccording to the Indian Council of Medical Research, Omicron is not posing burden on the healthcare system yet clinically but the vigil has to be maintained. |
 | UK returnee tests positive for Covid in Kolkata, genome sequencing underway for Omicron variantTop officials of the health ministry informed a parliamentary panel that there are 23 cases of the omicron variant across the country, and authorities are closely monitoring the situat |
