Coronavirus

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 178 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.85 million, according to the 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: India recorded less than 60,000 new coronavirus infections after 81 days taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 2,98,81,965, while the active cases further reduced to 7,29,243, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. A total of 58,419 fresh infections...

Kabul: Afghanistan is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of Covid-19 worsens, a senior health official told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday. The government is installing oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces where up to 65 per...

Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan Saturday posted photos getting vaccinated with the first shot for Covid-19. Varun posted two pictures on Instagram. In the first image, he is seen getting his vaccine. The second picture features him posing with a "I am vaccinated against Covid-19" frame....

Washington: The Delta coronavirus variant is expected to become the dominant strain in America, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rochelle Walensky said. The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, is more transmissible than others, Xinhua news agency quoted Walensky...

New York: In the run up to America’s Independence Day weekend, US President Joe Biden struck a sunny note declaring that the US is heading into a ‘very different summer compared to last year’ after 30 crore Covid-19 vaccines in arms in the 150 days...

London: The number of Delta variant infections has jumped by 33,630 in a week to hit a total of 75,953 in the UK, with the highly transmissible variant first identified in India now making up 99 per cent of all Covid-19 cases in the country,...

London: Researchers are developing a rapid, low-cost and mass manufacturable saliva-based biosensor test for Covid-19 inspired by the glucose test strips used to check blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. According to the research team from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, the test...

Mumbai: Two small-time television actresses have been arrested for allegedly stealing Rs 3.28 lakh from a woman in the western suburb of Goregaon here, police said Friday. The accused Surabhi Shrivastav (25) and Mohsina Shaikh (19) have worked in several web series and crime on...

London: The number of people infected with the coronavirus is increasing rapidly in England, doubling every 11 days, which coincides with the Delta variant of Covid-19 becoming dominant in the country, a new study reports Thursday. The Imperial College London led Real-time Assessment of Community...