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 At least 182 students reside in the hostel of the residential school. Nine girls of a government residential school in Odisha's Jajpur district tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, an official said. Some students of the Kasturba Girls' High School at Dasarathpur block developed symptoms of the infection, following which their swab samples were collected and sent for testing, he said. "Test results of nine students were positive and they have been placed in isolation," the school authorities said. As a precautionary measure, all the students and staffers of... read more

  The World Health Organization says the global risk from the omicron variant of the coronavirus is very high based on early evidence, and it could lead to surges with severe consequences. The  World Health Organization  says the global risk from the omicron variant of the  coronavirus   is very high based on early evidence, and it could lead to surges with severe consequences. The UN health agency, in a technical memo to member states, says “considerable uncertainties remain about the new variant that was first detected in southern Africa. But it says the likelihood of possible further spread around the world is high.