Covid-19 Third Wave News

India's factory activity growth accelerated in February as the threat from a third Covid-19 wave eased, while some softening of price pressures meant demand and business expectations strengthened, a private survey showed.

With daily COVID-19 cases seeing a drop over the third wave peak in January, more people are returning to a normal life again. However, this has also led to many people sidestepping COVID-19 guidelines, like wearing a mask in social settings. Is that

Retail sales in January this year suffered due to the restrictions imposed by states to curb the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said on Tuesday.

Hero MotoCorp claims that the drop in sales is primarily due to the third Covid-19 wave along with staggered state-wise lockdowns and restricted movement, all of which impacted the overall sales volume for the last month.

The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.

A comparative study of all admitted COVID-19 patients in Max Healthcare hospitals suggests that during the ongoing third wave, occupancy of ICU beds and oxygen requirement is not higher compared to the prior two waves of the coronavirus infection.

Mr Manindra Agrawal, Professor of IIT Kanpur, said that the third wave of COVID-19, which is caused by Omicron, has reached its peak in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata as predicted by IIT's Sutra model.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the schools will continue to operate with 50 per cent capacity for all classes till the state government reviews the third wave of the COVID-19 in coming days, as per report.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said the peak of the COVID-19 third wave in Delhi would likely happen "in a day or two" and infections may start falling after that.

IIT Kanpur professor Manindra Agrawal on Monday said the peak of the infection will hit the nation in the January-end amid surge in COVID-19 infections in the country.

Vaccination opened for teens in the 15 to 18 age group today amid the third Covid wave in India as cases surge in multiple cities. Over 40 lakh teens got their first dose on Day 1, Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said.

West Bengal School News: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked officials concerned to review the overall COVID-19 situation in the state, amid the threat of a possible third wave of the pandemic looming large.

Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be "highly transmissible", has spread to at least 59 countries.

In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, informed state Revenue Minister R Ashok on Saturday.

A special pooja will be offered at all temples in Karnataka that come under the Muzrai department on Vijayadashami, against the spread of COVID-19 and for the control of a possible third wave, Minister for Muzrai, Haj & Wakf, Shashikala Jolle said.

India's factory activity growth accelerated in February as the threat from a third Covid-19 wave eased, while some softening of price pressures meant demand and business expectations strengthened, a private survey showed.

With daily COVID-19 cases seeing a drop over the third wave peak in January, more people are returning to a normal life again. However, this has also led to many people sidestepping COVID-19 guidelines, like wearing a mask in social settings. Is that

Retail sales in January this year suffered due to the restrictions imposed by states to curb the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said on Tuesday.

Hero MotoCorp claims that the drop in sales is primarily due to the third Covid-19 wave along with staggered state-wise lockdowns and restricted movement, all of which impacted the overall sales volume for the last month.

The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.

A comparative study of all admitted COVID-19 patients in Max Healthcare hospitals suggests that during the ongoing third wave, occupancy of ICU beds and oxygen requirement is not higher compared to the prior two waves of the coronavirus infection.

Mr Manindra Agrawal, Professor of IIT Kanpur, said that the third wave of COVID-19, which is caused by Omicron, has reached its peak in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata as predicted by IIT's Sutra model.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the schools will continue to operate with 50 per cent capacity for all classes till the state government reviews the third wave of the COVID-19 in coming days, as per report.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said the peak of the COVID-19 third wave in Delhi would likely happen "in a day or two" and infections may start falling after that.

IIT Kanpur professor Manindra Agrawal on Monday said the peak of the infection will hit the nation in the January-end amid surge in COVID-19 infections in the country.

Vaccination opened for teens in the 15 to 18 age group today amid the third Covid wave in India as cases surge in multiple cities. Over 40 lakh teens got their first dose on Day 1, Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said.

West Bengal School News: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked officials concerned to review the overall COVID-19 situation in the state, amid the threat of a possible third wave of the pandemic looming large.

Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be "highly transmissible", has spread to at least 59 countries.

In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, informed state Revenue Minister R Ashok on Saturday.

A special pooja will be offered at all temples in Karnataka that come under the Muzrai department on Vijayadashami, against the spread of COVID-19 and for the control of a possible third wave, Minister for Muzrai, Haj & Wakf, Shashikala Jolle said.