Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Karnataka postpones all events in educational institutes till January 15

A preliminary study by South African scientists suggests the Omicron variant is three times more likely to cause reinfections compared to the Delta or Beta strains. The findings, based on data collected by the country’s health system, provide the first epidemiological evidence about Omicron’s ability to evade immunity from prior infection.

• Karnataka government postponed all events in educational institutes till January 15, 2022, informed state Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Friday.
• 16000 passengers from ‘at-risk countries tested for Covid and 18 found positive; genome sequencing for Omicron underway said Health Minister.
• As many as 12 patients suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 ‘Omicron’ variant have been admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital in Delhi so far, said the sources on Friday.
• The first cases of the Omicron variant in India have been confirmed in two individuals in Karnataka. One of them was a South African national and has already left the country.
• Malaysia said Friday it has detected its first case of the new omicron strain of the coronavirus in a foreign student who returned to the country last month after visiting her family in South Africa.

• Australia on Friday reported its first community transmission of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed a team of officials to South Africa’s Gauteng province, the epicenter of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, for ramping up surveillance measures.
• Maharashtra is carrying out dual surveillance: screening travelers at the airport since midnight of November 30 and tracing and testing all those who have returned from overseas since November 1.
• The count of Omicron suspects in Maharashtra on Friday went up to 28, including 10 from Mumbai.
• Visakhapatnam District Collector Mallikarjuna said on Friday that some international returnees who might have come to Visakhapatnam from Bengaluru, Chennai, or Hyderabad are untraceable.