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India reported 20,279 new Covid-19 cases, with 36 fatalities, as confirmed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. On July 24, the ministry reported an increase of 2,100 active cases, taking the tally to 1,52,200 and fatalities at 5,26,033. Moreover, the active cases rate is at 0.35%, and the recovery rate with 18,143 new recoveries is 98.45%.India administered 28,83,489 doses, taking tally at 2,01,99,33,453.

India registered 2,828 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 17,087 till May 29. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) also confirmed 14 deaths and 2,035 recoveries. With this, India has 4,26,11,370 recoveries and  5,24,586 deaths. In addition, a total of 84.97 crores of Covid-19 tests have been done and approximately  193.28 crore vaccine doses have been given till date.

The annual event of Hyderabad, All India Industrial Exhibition, also known as Numaish 2022 will resume from February 25. The one-month fair will continue till March 31. The timings will be from 10 pm to 4 pm on regular days, and till 11 pm on public holidays. A total of 1,600 stalls by traders across India will be put up. Furthermore, City Traffic Police issued traffic advisory for Numaish. 

Greece will officially welcome international tourists from March 1, instead of mid-April. Amid Omicron infections, Greece managed to welcome international travellers. The tour operators and airlines are urging for a 30-50% hike in travel bookings. As per reports, one in four euros in the country’s economy comes indirectly or directly from tourism. Notably, Greece welcomed more than 7.2 million tourists in the January to November period of… read-more

The Health experts have warned that the next Covid-19 variant will be more transmissible. The next variant could more easily evade immunity, rendering vaccines less effective. The pandemic is far from over and future variants will be in some way more virulent than Omicron is now, added WHO member Dr. Maria. Notably, the world may see seasonal patterns for infection surges as the coronavirus is a respiratory pathogen.