Coronavirus

Mumbai: Actress Mahika Sharma says she misses her walks and meeting people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "It’s been a year and half I'm not able to go for my morning and late night walks on the streets. I'm missing that a lot, and interacting with...

New Delhi: The postponed Indian Premier League (IPL-2021) in all probability will resume tentatively September 18 or 19 in the UAE. In the remaining part of IPL-2021, 10 double-headers are expected to be played during a three-week window. This information was given by a senior...

Sydney: Scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia's Queensland have developed two new drugs to both prevent SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19 infection, and also treat people who have been exposed to the virus so they do not develop severe disease. The two...

New Delhi: A total of 577 Covid-19 orphans have been reported by states so far. All of them are with their immediate families, sources have said. Clarifying that these children are not abandoned and are under the watch and protection of district authorities, the sources...

Washington: Moderna said Tuesday its Covid-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12. This new development could put the Moderna shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the US. The global vaccine supplies are still tight. So much...

Washington: US researchers have found that people who have had mild illness due to Covid-19, go on to develop antibody-producing immune cells that can last for a lifetime and give them protection against the virus. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, US, found that during...

Mumbai: With the number of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus cases on the rise in Maharashtra, the state will get 60,000 vials of the Amphotericin B injection early June, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here Tuesday. The government has issued a global tender for this injection...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was admitted to a hospital here Tuesday after his condition deteriorated. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had tested May 18 positive for Covid-19, officials informed. His oxygen level slipped below 90 per cent Tuesday morning. After this development doctors advised...

New Delhi: In the last 29 days, India has received 12 lakh Favipiravir tablets and 6.9 lakh Remdesivir vials from various countries as part of international cooperation of Covid-19 relief medical supplies. Besides, 17,755 oxygen concentrators, 16,301 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants, 13,449 ventilators or...

Bhopal: The Covid-19 situation in Madhya Pradesh is improving gradually as the positivity rate in the state has reached below 10 per cent across all districts. The state government has, however, set a target to further bring the positivity rate to zero by May 31. A...