Coronavirus

Washington: People who are vaccinated against influenza may be partially protected against many severe effects of Covid-19. These people are less likely to need emergency care, according to a large-scale study. This has been said by a research team of the Miami Miller School of...

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech said Monday it has submitted all documents required for the emergency use listing (EUL) of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Bharat Biotech also said it expects a nod at the earliest from WHO regarding the EUL...

Mumbai: The country’s media and entertainment (ME) sector will be the fastest growing globally in terms of both consumer and advertising spends. The media and entertainment sector will be an over-Rs 4-lakh-crore industry by 2025, consultancy firm PwC said Monday. The sector is estimated to...

New Delhi: A decline in average daily vaccination against the coronavirus has been seen since June 21. It was the same day when the new phase of universalisation of Covid-19 vaccination commenced, data released by the Health Ministry showed. This development has become a worrying...

New Delhi: India has already reported more than twice as many Covid-19 cases in 2021 as it had all of last year, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. India passed the mark early Sunday. Of the 30.8 million cases India has...

New Delhi: India is opening up too fast and too soon is the majority view as the government expresses concern over crowds at hill stations, as per the IANS CVoter Live Tracker. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said that crowds at tourist spots are worrying....

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 18.6 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 40.2 lakh and vaccinations soared to over 3.41 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems...

New Delhi: With 41,506 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 3,08,37,222, while the active cases declined to 4,54,118, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 4,08,040 with...

Tokyo: Tokyo has reported 950 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily number in two months, as infections steadily spread less than two weeks before the city hosts the Summer Olympics. Saturday's tally compared to 822 confirmed cases reported Friday. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday...

Islamabad: Pakistan Saturday reported 1,828 new Covid-19 cases, marking the third consecutive day that the single-day spike remained above 1,700. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Saturday's figure was the highest since June 4, when the number stood at 1,923, Dawn news...