India on Monday reported nearly 1.8 lakh Covid cases driven by a surge in Omicron infections. India has now begun to administer the precaution dose of Covid vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers and people with comorbidities aged 60 and above. The Centre has now mandated seven-day quarantine for all international arrivals from January 11. On Monday, the US logged a record number of Covid hospitalisations at 132,646. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on the Omicron situation across the world.
