Coronavirus

Panaji: Amid an alarming spike in the number of Covid cases in the state, Goa will undergo a lockdown from Thursday night to Monday morning, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said here Wednesday. Essential services and industries will be open, Sawant said on a day when...

Mumbai: Actress Avika Gor Wednesday evening posted an imaginative set of Instagram pictures to catch the attention of fans, so that she could send out the message she considers the most important right now – about the danger of the ongoing Covid pandemic and the...

Jammu: To address the fast worsening Covid-19 situation in J&K, authorities said on Wednesday that there will be complete lockdown in 11 districts of the Union Territory from 7 p.m. Thursday till 7 a.m. Monday. Separate orders issued, under the Disaster Management Act, by the...

London: A single dose of a Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease can reduce transmission by up to 50 per cent, finds a study. The study led by UK's Public Health England (PHE) showed that people who took the first dose of either the...

Mumbai: Actress Shraddha Kapoor Wednesday uploaded an Instagram picture of her brother Siddhanth donating plasma, and urged all to do the same. "My bro @siddhanthkapoor just donated plasma. Urge all those who are eligible to do same please," wrote Shraddha with a picture of Siddhant...

Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood took to Instagram Wednesday to urge more people to come forward and help those who are suffering due to Covid. He posted a screen recording of his phone that shows the actor has been getting messages from people asking for help...

New Delhi: The government will procure one lakh portable oxygen concentrators and install 500 more pressure swing adsorption oxygen plants from the PM Cares Fund, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, asserting this will help improve access to oxygen, especially in district headquarters and tier-2...

Mumbai: The existing lockdown-like restrictions in Maharashtra, imposed to stem the COVID-19 spread, will be extended by 15 days beyond April 30, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said Wednesday. The strict curbs on movement of people and a host of other activities are in force in...

New Delhi: The CoWIN server crashed as soon as the registration for vaccine for the 18-44 age group began at 4pm, Wednesday. As soon as the registration began, thousands across the country went to the CoWIN website and app to register themselves. However, the portal...

Geneva: The 'Indian strain' of the coronavirus, also known as B.1.617 or a 'double mutant', has been found in at least 17 countries, the WHO has said, as the world grapples to contain the surge in the COVID-19 cases with 5.7 million infections detected last...