Omicron Effect: Delhi Bans Christmas, New Year Gatherings As Cases Rise

With the recent rise in Omicron cases, Delhi has banned all gatherings to celebrate Christmas and New Year, according to a report on NDTV.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority prohibited such gatherings.

Delhi has recorded 57 Omicron cases as of now. India's tally is 213.

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India's COVID reached 347,58,481 today after 6317 new cases were reported.

The last 24 hours have seen 318 and the total fatality count has climbed to 4.78 lakh.

WHO said Omicron is spreading faster than Delta and even those vaccinated are being infected.

South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say, a PTI report said.

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Daily virus case counts are notoriously unreliable, as they can be affected by uneven testing, reporting delays and other fluctuations. But they are offering one tantalising hint ¡ª far from conclusive yet ¡ªthat omicron infection may recede quickly after a ferocious spike.

¡°The drop in new cases nationally combined with the sustained drop in new cases seen here in Gauteng province, which for weeks has been the center of this wave, indicates that we are past the peak," Marta Nunes, senior researcher at the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics department of the University of Witwatersrand said while speaking to AP.