Indian Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that two cases of Omicron variant have been discovered in the country. According to Joint Secretary of the Union Home Ministry Lav Agarwal, both cases have been identified in Karnataka. Meanwhile, Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D will initially be used in seven states — Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal — which have been recommended to identify the districts with a high number of beneficiaries who have not received a single dose of a Covid vaccine for its introduction.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who reviewed the status and progress of the “Har Ghar Dastak” campaign with the health secretaries and National Health Mission (NHM) directors of the states and Union territories through a video conference on Thursday, advised the seven states to identify the districts with a high number of the first dose left out for the introduction of ZyCoV-D, a statement issued by the health ministry said.
