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A senior citizen gets a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the district hospital in Noida’s Sector 30 on Tuesday. (Sunil Ghosh /HT)
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India logs 172,433 new Covid-19 cases, daily tally 6.84% higher than Wednesday

The overall death toll now stands at 498,983, and the nationwide tally jumped to 41,803,318, according to the ministry data

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Follow health guidelines; new Omicron to be more contagious: DGHS

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Many countries yet to see peak in Omicron wave, should ease curbs slowly -WHO

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Omicron sub-variant found in 57 countries: WHO

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Bangladesh

This year's Amar Ekushey Book Fair to kick off 15 February 

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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Omicron subvariant BA.2 more infectious than "original", Danish study finds

As many as 3,35,939 people recovered from the viral disease in the last 24 hours.(HT File Photo/Representative Image)
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Covid-19: India records 2,35,532 new cases in last 24 hours, deaths soar by 871

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Omicron subtype has apparent transmission advantage

A health worker collects swab samples of a man for Covid-19 testing, in Gurugram. (Vipin Kumar/HT)
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At 2,51,209, India sees near 35-k dip in new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate falls to 15.88%

Danish Minister of Health and the Elderly Magnus Heunicke attends a news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Mirror Hall in the Prime Minister's Office at Christiansborg, Copenhagen, Denmark October 23, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Omicron subvariant appears more contagious, but not more severe, Denmark says

Medical staff carry out tests for Covid-19 at a drive-through site in Jerusalem, Israel.(Reuters File Photo)
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Covid-19: 'Flurona' isn't real, people can get co-infection, say researchers

A health worker collects a swab sample from a person for coronavirus (Covid-19) test, at Jangpura in New Delhi. (Amal KS/HT Photo)
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Covid-19: India logs 2,86,384 new cases in last 24 hours; positivity rate rises to nearly 20%

Vials of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are seen in the town of Ricany near Prague, Czech Republic, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
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Moderna starts trial for Omicron-specific booster shot