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• Hospitalisation among kids lower than elders, shows BBMP data

  The fear that children would be the most vulnerable during the third wave of Covid-19 has not really turned out to be true, if data of hospitalisations in the city is any indication.

  

• Indonesia says detects first locally transmitted Omicron case

  Earlier this month, President Joko Widodo urged people to stick to health protocols after authorities said that an employee at an isolation hospital in Jakarta had tested positive for the variant.

  

• Contact tracing, strict surveillance in guidelines to prevent spread of Omicron

  The Union Health Ministry encouraged contact tracing for all COVID positive individuals and regular follow up for 14 days till the patient recovers with no symptoms of Covid being detected.

  

• After COVID-19 surge in Delhi, Centre steps in, says tests to be doubled in next two days, door-to-door survey in hotspots

  The meetings took place on a day when Delhi recorded 2,224 new COVID-19 infections in the highest single-day spike taking the tally to 41,182.

  

• Aarogya Setu app to display vaccine status soon

  The government is working on a feature where a blue tick will appear against their names once people take one dose of the vaccine. If they have taken both the doses, then two blue ticks will be displayed.

  

• Study: Screening healthcare workers could serve as early warning system for future viruses

  The study, led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in collaboration with IBM Research, is published in PLOS ONE.

  

• Only symptomatic health care workers will be tested, quarantined at AIIMS Delhi

  The decision has been taken in view of the current situation of Covid-19 leading to insufficient resources for contact tracing, and shortages of staff.

  

• Lucknow: Health dept skipping contact tracing, say Covid patients’ kin

  Ankita Singh, a resident of Krishnanagar, had a tough time in taking her 59-year-old father for the Covid test. The law student has been calling up the Integrated Covid Command Control Centre, and even went to KGMU and RMLIMS but in vain.

  

• Odisha reports 208 new Covid-19 cases

  Of the new cases, 122 were reported from quarantine centres and 86 detected during contact tracing.

  

• Jaipur: Labs sending late Covid reports hit contact tracing

  While the city is witnessing a spike in cases, the health department is focusing on contact tracing to prevent further spread of the virus. For almost two days, contact tracing of infected persons was not done, despite that Indian Council of Medical Research and the health department has issued orders to all private testing laboratories to ensure immediate/real time reporting to state officials of integrated disease surveillance programme for timely initiation of contact tracing.

  

• Study reveals Covid-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distancing, contact tracing

  The study was aimed at identifying ways to keep elementary and secondary schools open and safe during the pandemic. Close contact is anyone who has been within 6 feet for more than 15 minutes in a 24-hour period with someone infected with Covid-19.