Coronavirus

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife received Covid vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Thursday. Sources said that Singh and his wife had registered through the Co-WIN portal. The 88-year-old former Prime Minister Thursday joined many...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to the Central, Delhi Government and two vaccine manufactures on a suo motu public interest litigation concerning COVID-19 vaccination of judges, court staff and lawyers on priority. Wednesday, the PIL was registered on a letter written...

New Delhi: The daily new cases of COVID-19 in India were recorded above 17,000 after a little over a month taking the total tally of cases to 1,11,56,923, while the recoveries surged to 1,08,26,075, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. A total of 17,407 infections...

Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 115.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.55 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...

Washington: Heart damage in COVID-19 patients is caused by the novel coronavirus infecting cardiac muscle cells, leading to cell death which interferes with the muscle's contraction, according to a study that may lead to the development of new drugs to treat the viral infection. While...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind was administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at an army hospital Tuesday and urged all eligible citizens to get vaccinated. According to tweets on his official handle, the President, 75, was accompanied by his daughter when the vaccine...

New Delhi: India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,11,39,516 with 14,989 new infections, while the active cases were recorded above 1.7 lakh after a month,  according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,57,346 with 98 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am...

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife took the first dose of indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin at the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute here Tuesday. India opened up vaccination for those over 60 years and within the age bracket of 45...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the highly contagious new strain of COVID-19 has been a cause of concern, a South Africa returnee of Digapahandi area in Ganjam district has tested positive for the virus. Public Health Director, Niranjan Mishra informed this Tuesday. The person has...

London: The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in reducing severe coronavirus infection among people aged 70 years and above, according to a study. The research posted as a pre-print and yet to be peer-reviewed, estimated the effect of both the COVID-19 vaccines...