Coronavirus Omicron in India Live Updates: Telangana reports 3590 COVID cases, 2 deaths today

Telangana News: All educational institutions to reopen in Telangana from February 1, says State Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy Read Full Story

Telangana schools reopen news: The Telangana government is likely to reopen the schools in the state from February 1. With the recommendations of the medical and health department, the government is said to have taken a call on the reopening of schools. The schools will be directed to implement strict COVID-19 measures.

More than 56 lakh vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra tests positive for Covid-19. He is asymptomatic.

Singapore reports more infectious BA.2 Omicron variant; says hospitals coping well

Singapore has recently reported 198 cases of Covid-19 traced to the BA.2 Omicron sub-lineage, which appears to be more infectious than the more common BA.1, but hospitals are coping well in spite of the current wave infecting thousands of people daily, according to reports. A total of 150 BA.2 cases were imported infections and the remaining 48 were local cases since January 25, 2022. Investigations into the characteristics of BA.2, including immune escape properties and virulence, should be prioritised independently (and comparatively) to BA.1, said the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Classes continue at anganwadis in Karnataka's Shivamogga

Consent from parents will be required to attend the school, says Maharashtra Deputy CM

Consent from parents will be required to attend the school. The further decision for classes 1 to 8 will be taken in the next meeting: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar (ANI)

Schools & colleges will reopen in Pune district from Feb 1, says Maharashtra Deputy CM

Schools & colleges will reopen in Pune district from Feb 1. For classes 1 to 8, the school timings will be half of the regular timings, but for classes 9 to 10, the school will run as per the regular schedule. Colleges will also function as per regular time: Maharashtra Deputy CM (ANI)

India reports 2.35 lakh new Covid cases, 871 deaths in last 24 hours: Health ministry

India reported 2,35,532 new Covid-19 cases and 3,35,939 recoveries in a single day, the govt said in its release on Saturday morning.