Breaking News LIVE: Himachal Pradesh Becomes First Fully Covid-19 Vaccinated State, Says Govt
Breaking News LIVE, December 4, 2021: This LIVE Blog brings to you the latest breaking news of Cyclone Jawad, details on Covid variant Omicron & other news around.
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The Omicron variant has been detected in 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the WHO said on Friday, as authorities worldwide rushed to stem the heavily mutated Covid-19 strain's spread amid warnings that it could damage the global economic recovery.
The United States and Australia became the latest countries to confirm locally transmitted cases of the variant, as Omicron infections pushed South Africa's total cases past three million.
The World Health Organization has warned it could take weeks to determine how infectious the variant is, whether it causes more severe illness and how effective treatments and vaccines are against it.
The southern part of West Bengal is bracing for heavy to very heavy rainfall and gusty wind, as the weatherman forecast that cyclone Jawad is likely to recurve towards the state's coast after reaching west-central Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts on Saturday morning.
The West Bengal government has started taking measures to combat the devastation. Inhabitants of the state's low lying areas, mainly in South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts, have been moved to higher lands and safe shelters, an official said.
NDRF and SDRF teams have been positioned at various places in coastal areas for timely rescue and relief operations.
The Indian Coast Guard has tasked ships and aircraft to relay the weather warning to mariners and guided hundreds of fishing boats back to the harbours as a preemptive measure to ensure safety of fishermen, a Defence official said.
A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Jawad', the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.
The cyclonic storm is likely to reach the west-central Bay of Bengal off the coast of north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha by Saturday morning, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.
Thereafter, it is likely to recurve north-northeastwards, move along the coast of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh and touch the coast around Puri by December 5 noon, according to the weather department.
The name of the cyclone -- 'Jawad' -- has been proposed by Saudi Arabia.
A low-pressure area had developed over the Andaman Sea on November 30. It intensified into a depression on December 2 and further into a deep depression on Friday morning. It turned into a cyclone on Friday noon, the IMD DG said.
Very heavy rainfall is likely to start in north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha by Friday evening. The intensity of rainfall is likely to increase on Saturday, he said.
Himachal Pradesh Becomes First Fully Covid-19 Vaccinated State, Says Govt
Himachal Pradesh has become the first state to fully vaccinate 100 per cent of its adult population against COVID-19, an official spokesperson claimed here on Saturday.
As many as 53,86,393 eligible adults have been administered the second dose, he said, adding Himachal Pradesh was also the first state to achieve the 100 per cent first dose vaccination of adult population by the end of August.
Preparations Enhanced At Mumbai Airport After Detection Of First Omicron Case
Preparations were in full swing at Mumbai airport after Maharashtra reported its first case of the new Covid variant - Omicron.
Preparations enhanced at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Int'l Airport, Mumbai with detection of first #Omicron case in the state - 4th in the country.
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2021
Thermal Screening areas, registration counters for RT-PCR tests, swab collection booths set up for the pax from 'at-risk' nations pic.twitter.com/zHbYtM2HRk
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