A new family of variants of COVID-19 are doing rounds in the US- the ‘FLiRT’ variants. These variants are also from the deadly lineage of the Omicron variant but are derivatives of the JN.

New family of Covid-19 variants nicknamed ‘FLiRT’ are on the rise in US | All you need to know

Dr Anthony Fauci in a press conference at the White House, on Tuesday, urged Americans to take the new Covid booster shot after a recent study by the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that it offers better protection against symptomatic infection of COVID-19.

Fauci asks Americans to take Covid booster shots, after study finds them more effective

As per a new study, people who have been inoculated with a booster dose recover more than three days earlier from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 than the Delta variant.

Study says people inoculated with booster dose recover more than three days earlier from Omicron than Delta

For the 1st time in 14 days, daily cases decreased due to lower testing over the weekend. Amid the battle against coronavirus, India began its booster program for frontline workers and for those above the age of 60.

3rd Covid dose for healthcare workers, senior citizens