Day: January 15, 2022

Amazon India has announced ‘Great Republic Day Sale’ from 17 to 20 January. A statement said Prime members will get 24 hours early access starting 12 am on 16 January.

A recent study on Covid virus has brought some relief. The virus loses most of its ability to infect shortly after being exhaled and is less likely to be contagious at longer distances, a study from the University of Bristol’s Aerosol Research Centre showed.

There have been some media reports alleging a ‘significant undercount’ of the actual number of people who have died in India due to Covid-19 in the first two waves, claiming that the final toll may be ‘substantially greater’ crossing the figures of about three million.

Fresh Covid-19 cases continued to rise in Tamilnadu on Friday as it recorded 23,459 cases thereby pushing the caseload to 28,91,959 while the death toll rose to 36,956 with 26 more fatalities, the Health Department said.

The entire State machinery is equipped to meet the situation arising due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Omicron variant, Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said at a virtual meeting of Chief Ministers chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the pandemic situation.