Coronavirus Omicron India Live:

Bengaluru Police check vehicles during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government. (Express photo by Jithendra M)

Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn that Omicron’s lightning advance all but guarantees it won’t be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world about. Each infection offers a chance for the virus to mutate, and Omicron has an advantage over its predecessors: it spreads much faster despite emerging on a planet with a stronger mosaic of immunity to vaccines and earlier diseases.

This means more people in whom the virus can evolve further. Experts don’t know what the next variants will look like or how they might shape the pandemic, but they say there’s no guarantee that the aftereffects of Omicron will cause milder disease or that existing vaccines will work against them. .

On a day when elections for four municipal corporations in West Bengal were postponed due to rising Covid-19 cases, several transit points for Gangasagar Mela saw crowds lining up, some without masks and others dangling at the chin. Authorities, however, said they had done their best to enforce the restrictions and protocols in place.

Sailing down the Muriganga River from Sagardwip, dozens of devotees arrived at Harwood Point on Saturday after taking the holy bath on Makar Sankranti. Ships laden with returning pilgrims docked at ghats 2 and 3 at Harwood Point.