Coronavirus

New Delhi: Even as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic across the country is slowly receding with each passing day, the Centre and the state governments have decided not to allow schools to be reopened yet. Experts have now predicted a third wave of the...

New Delhi: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that Zydus Cadila Covid vaccines have concluded clinical trial for the age group of 12-18 years and these vaccines may be available soon. The affidavit was filed by the Centre in response to the Supreme Court's...

Geneva: As the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus disease is spreading rapidly across the globe, being vaccinated may not be enough, people must continue wearing masks, maintain social distancing and other Covid-appropriate behaviours, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. According to the global...

New Delhi: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it is making efforts at highest political and diplomatic level to procure foreign COVID-19 vaccines. The Centre in a 380-page affidavit in the top court said in order to further increase vaccine availability and incentivizing...

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 18.07 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 39.1 lakh, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global...

New Delhi: A single-day rise of 50,040 fresh Covid-19 infections took India's tally to 3,02,33,183 while the number of active cases reduced to 5,86,403, according to Union Health Ministry data Sunday. The death toll climbed to 3,95,751 with 1,258 more people succumbing to the viral...

Bhubaneswar: Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus is not as contagious as it is believed to be, according to Director of Institute of Life Science (ILS) Bhubaneswar, Ajay Parida. Parida said around 48 Delta Plus mutants have been detected during retrospective genome sequencing in the...

Kolkata: Actor-turned-TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty Saturday fell ill, a few days after she was administered a fake Covid vaccine, sources said. However, the doctor who attended to the Jadavpur MP said it was too early to link her illness with the fake jab that she...

London:  The number of Delta variant cases of Covid-19 in the UK have risen by 35,204 since last week to a total of 111,157, representing a 46 per cent increase, health officials said in the weekly report released Friday. Meanwhile, Public Health England (PHE) said...

New Delhi: Vaccines Covishield and Covaxin work against SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, while effectiveness tests against the Delta Plus variant is ongoing, the government said Friday. There are four variants of concern of the coronavirus disease -- Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta...