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Is It Back? – India Reports First Case Of Omicron Sub-Variant

New Delhi: The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has reported each case of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants of the coronavirus in India — one case in Tamil Nadu and another in Telangana.

A 19-year-old woman in Tamil Nadu has been found infected with the BA.4 sub-variant of the virus, confirmed to the INSACOG.

The patient has shown only mild clinical symptoms and has been fully vaccinated. She had no travel history.

Earlier, a South African national was reported positive for the BA.4 sub-variant of Omicron on arrival at the Hyderabad airport.

In Telangana, an 80-year-old man has tested positive for the BA.5 sub-variant of the virus. He too has shown only mild clinical symptoms and his vaccination and travel status also match the Tamil Nadu patient. The patient had no travel history.

India currently has 14832 active covid cases & 2,022 new cases with 46 deaths in the last 24 hours according to the Ministry of Health. According to JHU CSSE Covid Data, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Lakshadeep, Andaman, and the Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, have not reported a single case of covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

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“Waah..”: PM Modi Astonished As Japanese Kid Greets Him In Hindi

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Tokyo for a two-day visit, today morning interacted with children waiting to welcome him.

“Welcome to Japan! May I have your signature please?”, Ritsuki Kobayashi asked PM Modi in Hindi.

Impressed by his fluency, the exhilarated PM said, “Waah! Where did you learn Hindi from?… You know it pretty well?”

“…Can’t speak Hindi much, but I understand…PM read my message, and I also got his signature, so I am very happy…,” an elated Ritsuki Kobayashi said after his interaction with PM Modi.

Children were also spotted holding “Welcome” posters in various Indian regional languages, dressed in traditional attire awaiting PM Modi’s visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted warmly by the Indian community in Japan during his two-day visit to Tokyo to attend the Quad Summit on May 24 at the request of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

“Landed in Tokyo. Will be taking part in various programmes during this visit including the Quad Summit, meeting fellow Quad leaders, interacting with Japanese business leaders and the vibrant Indian diaspora,” PM Modi said in a tweet.

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