Delhi has reported a few cases of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron, which are highly transmissible, but experts have said there is no need to panic as they don't cause severe infection.
17,037 Covid tests were conducted in the last 24 hours including 6066 rapid antigen tests and 10971 RT-PCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests.
Published on Jul 02, 2022 08:31 PM IST
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Written by Kanishka Singharia | Edited by Aryan Prakash
Despite the general easing of restrictions, the pandemic isn’t over. Most vaccinated people will find the biggest risk is reinfection this winter.
On one hand, countries with high levels of vaccination should have higher resilience and therefore fewer restrictions. On the other, the virus’s ability to mutate means high infection levels pose risks(Pixabay)
Restrictions imposed quickly to combat the COVID pandemic have a measurable effect, according to an expert commission in Germany. The assessment comes at a time when infections again threaten to spiral out of control.
As more people fall ill with COVID this summer, emergency and rescue services are suffering from staffing shortage. (Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/picture alliance )