There are 258 thousand new Covid-19 positives and 385 deaths recorded yesterday in India
, according to the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health. Also according to the government, the Omicron variant was identified in 8,209 patients, with an increase of 6.2 percent on the previous day. In general, hospitalization rates across the country stood at 35/38 percent of positives. India today turned the mark of one year from the start of the vaccination campaign; the country reached 570 million doses administered until yesterday. In New Delhi, for the first time in two weeks the curve of new positives has turned downward: Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that it can be expected that the peak of the infected has been reached and that he hopes to be able to ease in a few days some of the many restrictions.
The Chinese postal authority has issued an order to ensure that all correspondence from abroad is sanitized
amid fears over the Omicron variant of Covid-19, strengthening disinfection, ventilation and tests on workers in the sector.
The single case of Omicron detected so far in Beijing has been traced back to a document from Canada in which strains of Omicron similar to those in North America and Singapore were found.
The variant was detected on the outer packaging and inner surface, Beijing health authorities revealed today, according to official media.