Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: New Omicron Case In Gujarat, Tanzania National Studying In Rajkot Tests Positive
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS, December 19, 2021: This LIVE Blog brings to you the latest breaking news of upcoming polls, details on Covid variant Omicron & other news around.
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Today is the Goa Liberation Day and all political parties are tryinmg to consolidate their power on this day. The Goa Forward Party and Congress have announced their pre-poll alliance in a press conference ahead of the upcoming Goa assembly elections early next year. In the press conference, Goa Forward Party President Vijai Sardesai said, “We've said in the past that on the eve of Goa's 60th Liberation Day, we'll give you an alliance that will re-liberate Goa from these elected autocracies.”
Other than that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 19 will visit Goa and attend a programme commemorating Goa Liberation Day at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium at about 3 p.m.
As per the statement issued by the PMO, on this occasion, the Prime Minister will honour the freedom fighters and veterans of 'Operation Vijay.' Every year on December 19, Goa Liberation Day commemorates the triumph of the Indian Armed Forces' 'Operation Vijay,' which freed Goa from Portuguese domination.
In other news, Omicron cases in India rose to 143 on Saturday after Karnataka and Kerala reported six and four cases respectively, while eight more persons in Maharashtra tested positive for the Coronavirus variant.
Additionally, in Telangana, the number of Omicron cases rose to 20 with 12 more people testing positive for the new coronavirus variant on Saturday, news agency PTI reported.
Suvendu Adhikari with BJP delegation stages sit-in protest inside State Election Commissioner's Office
BJP national president JP Nadda expressed his disappointment that "Mamata Banerjee is using police to manhandle LoP Suvendu Adhikari while he was visiting the State Election Commission" pic.twitter.com/PFJbh7hA8T
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2021
Suvendu Adhikari with BJP delegation stages sit-in protest inside State Election Commissioner's Office
BJP national president JP Nadda expressed his disappointment that "Mamata Banerjee is using police to manhandle LoP Suvendu Adhikari while he was visiting the State Election Commission" pic.twitter.com/PFJbh7hA8T
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2021
COVID-19: Maharashtra reports six more Omicron cases; state tally now 54
Mumbai, Dec 19 (PTI) Six persons tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Maharashtra on Sunday, raising the state's tally of such cases to 54, the health department said.
While two of these patients had a history of travel to Tanzania, two others had returned from England and one from the Middle East. All five of them are fully vaccinated and two of these patients are women. Another new patient is a five-year-old boy from Junnar in Pune district, it said in a statement.
"Total six cases were diagnosed today - four of them found during the airport screening in Mumbai. One of these four patients is from Mumbai, two from Karnataka and one from Aurangabad. While two had a history of travel to Tanzania, two others had travelled to England," it said.
All four are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic. They are currently in isolation at the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai. Two of them are women. The patients are in the age group of 21 to 57 years, it said.
"A five-year-old boy, who is a close contact of Dubai travellers from Junnar in Pune district, has been diagnosed with the Omicron variant. The patient is asymptomatic," the department said in the statement.
In Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune city, a 46-year-old man with travel history to the Middle East has been found infected with this strain. The patient has mild symptoms and is currently admitted to a private hospital. He is fully vaccinated, it said.
Out of 54 cases, 22 have been found in Mumbai, which include cases through screening at the international airport. Of these 22 patients, two hail from Karnataka, one each from Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Maharashtra's Jalgaon and Aurangabad districts, 11 cases are in Pimpri Chinchwad, seven in Pune rural, three each in Pune city and Satara, two each in Kalyan Dombivli (Thane district) and Osmanabad, one each in Buldhana, Nagpur, Latur, Vasai-Virar.
Since December 1, a total of 1,28,518 travellers have arrived at the international airports in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. Of these, 18,726 are from 'at risk' countries. Sixty-four coronavirus patients are from 'at risk' countries and 19 from other countries. Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing.
TN CM MK Stalin writes to EAM to intervene in 2 incidents of apprehension of fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy
TN CM MK Stalin writes to EAM Dr. S Jaishankar to intervene in 2 incidents of apprehension of 55 Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy in the last 24 hours; requests him to secure the immediate release of 55 Indian fishermen, 73 fishing boats in Sri Lanka's custody, news agency ANI reported.
New Omicron case in Gujarat
(ANI): 23-year-old Tanzania national studying at a university in Rajkot has tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid. He has been admitted to PDU hospital. This is the first Omicron case in the district: Arun Mahesh Babu, Rajkot Collector.
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