17 December,2021 08:34 AM IST | Ithaca | Agencies
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Cornell University has reported 903 Covid-19 cases among students from December 7-13, and varsity officials have said that a "very high percentage" of them are Omicron variant cases in fully vaccinated individuals, reported CNN.
The Covid-19 dashboard of the university was updated late on Tuesday and showed a jump in the number of infections. Joel Malina, Vice President for University Relations, said in a statement that virtually every case of the Omicron variant to date has been found in fully vaccinated students, a portion of whom had also received a booster shot. Nearly 97 per cent of the students in the university are vaccinated.
Due to the rise in infections, the university has announced the closure of the Ithaca campus, New York state. Final semester exams have been moved online, athletics and other activities have been suspended while the libraries are ordered to be shut down till further orders.
The British public are being urged to scale back their pre-Christmas parties and gatherings on Thursday to try and manage the surge in coronavirus cases due to the rapidly transmissing Omicron variant of Covid-19. Downing Street has denied plans for further lockdown restrictions being imposed any time soon beyond the current work from home guidance, compulsory face masks in indoor settings and Covid vaccine certifications for large venues.
France will restrict arrivals from Britain because of fast-spreading cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, putting limits on reasons for travelling and requiring 48-hour isolation upon arrival, the government spokesman said Thursday. The new measures are expected to take effect over the weekend. The government is holding a special virus security meeting Friday that will address growing pressure on hospitals in France from rising infections in recent weeks. The move suddenly disrupted travel plans for families and others on both sides of the English Channel.
The lockdown restrictions in South Africa will remain at the lowest Level One of its five-level strategy despite the country registering a record number of 26,976 infections overnight amid a fourth wave of the coronavirus, largely being driven by the new Omicron variant, the anti-Covid-19 authority announced on Thursday.
7,13,591
No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours
27,07,91,973
Total no. of cases worldwide
53,18,216
Total no. of deaths worldwide
Source: WHO/Johns Hopkins
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