India reports over 1.79 lakh new Covid 19 cases

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample from a woman to test with Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for COVID-19 in Guwahati on Jan 9,2022 . India on Monday reported 1,79,723 new Covid cases and 146 deaths. Meanwhile, the country will start administering the booster vaccine dose against the virus to the health care workers and people above 60 years of age with co-morbidities from today