Coronavirus

New Delhi: Holding out the promise of preventing even mild infections and blocking transmission, mucosal vaccines may well be a game changer for the Covid pandemic according to scientists. Indians are now gearing up for the world’s first intranasal preventive. A nasal, non-invasive and cheaper...

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Tuesday Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in those aged above 18 years. “Big Boost to India’s Fight against Covid-19! Bharat Biotech’s ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S Covid-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine approved by ...

Beijing: China said Tuesday it has started the process for the return of Indian students stuck back home due to Covid-19 visa restrictions here. Officials of the Chinese foreign ministry said the first batch may arrive ‘very soon’. It certainly will raise hopes for thousands...

Canberra: The number of Australians hospitalised due to Covid-19 has reached the highest number since the start of the pandemic in early 2020. According to data from the Department of Health, there were 5,433 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalised, up from 5,001 a week earlier, reports...

New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the withdrawal of 15 cases against 64 migrant labourers for violating lockdown measures during the Covid-19 pandemic, an official statement said Tuesday. These cases were registered by the Delhi government’s Directorate of Prosecution, a statement said....

New Delhi: UNICEF India has congratulated the government on the remarkable achievement of crossing the milestone of administering 200 crore Covid-19 vaccination doses. The UN body lauded India's rigorous effort to vaccinate the maximum number of people in such a short period. "Completing two billion...

London: The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalisation rates have also doubled, although intensive care admissions have remained low. In a statement Tuesday, WHO's Europe...

New York: A team of researchers in the US has produced antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Antibodies harvested from eggs might be used to treat Covid-19 or as a preventative measure for people exposed to the disease, said researchers in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 804 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, the highest in nearly five months, the health department said. The positivity rate jumped to 4.18 per cent as the cases were detected after testing 19,218 samples. Seventy-one children were among the new patients, it said. Khurda,...

New Delhi: India registered 16,906 Covid infections in the last 24 hrs, against 13,615 cases reported on previous day, the Union Health Ministry said Wednesday. In the same period, the country recorded 45 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,25,519. Meanwhile, the...