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Modi said that he was infected with Covid twice in two weeks and has "profound pneumonia" after which he is hospitalised. Along with this, he has also released his picture.

The panel of experts from IPHA, IAPSM in their recommendations to Ministry of Health, and Family Welfare, said that at this juncture, usage of masks was also not relevant.

After facing the Wuhan virus that triggered first Covid wave, followed by deadly Delta variant and over 250 Omicron variants in the last few years, Indians have developed healthy levels of immunity through natural infection and vaccines.

India on Tuesday witnessed a marginal decline in Covid cases with 121 infections registered in the last 24 hours, against the previous day's 170 count, as per the Union Health Ministry data.

Between June 2021 and January 2022, the researchers enrolled 691 participants in the 18-45 age group across four sites in urban and rural Bengaluru and Pune.

There were concerns that the Covid infection and death numbers would only go up with the New Year festivities.

Reason behind such assertions is because XBB15 has acquired several vital mutations making it the most immunity-evasive escape variant to date

Growth data of domestic economy show optimism which will provide strong impetus too

Nicknamed 'The Kraken', or mythical sea monster, XBB15 is seen as the worst variant in the world

WHO reiterated the importance of vaccination and boosters to protect against severe disease and death for people at higher risk.

Focus was on strengthening public health, creating superspecialty services, and medical education

India's active caseload currently stands at 3,468 which accounts for 0.01 per cent of the total cases.

The mock drill, which was suggested by the union Health Ministry, will be taken up at all government hospitals which were involved in treating Covid patients in the last three Covid waves.

The waning immunity among individuals in India who had gained natural immunity through Covid infection could cause a small ripple of Covid infections in the coming months.

PM urged them to follow protocols like wearing masks and washing hands to ensure that their life is not affected adversely by the virus.

Unlike China, the new substrain of coronavirus has not affected India disastrously even as the first case of this variant was detected months ago.

They also said that a fresh outbreak of severe Covid cases and hospitalisation is unlikely as people in India have the advantage of 'hybrid immunity' i.e. natural immunity due to infection reinforced by vaccination.

The Covid positive cases may rise a bit in the coming months but by March, everything will be normal, said Founder Chairman, AIG.

The Union Ministry of Health advised States on December 20 to significantly increase genome sequencing.

It is essential to go for genome sequencing of positive case samples to track the variants or sub-variants.