Coronavirus Vaccine Registration, Coronavirus Omicron Variant Cases in India Live Updates: As scientists world over try to understand the full impact of Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, there is a growing clamour for the booster jabs. A latest study has found that three doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine can fight the Omicron strain. With Western world inoculating population across all age groups, India is still undecided on this issue. But this may change today as a crucial meeting of experts will take place sometime later in the day.
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The experts will decide if India should also roll out booster jabs or not. With 50 per cent population fully vaccinated, the Modi government has insisted that there is no need for additional doses. Rather the focus should be on increasing the vaccination coverage. Meanwhile, the ban on the schedule international flights will continue till January 31st next year. Testing and tracing need to be amped up.
As India and other nations try to come up with a definite strategy to fight Omicron variant, here are the latest Covid updates: