Coronavirus

New Delhi: Day one of third phase of COVID vaccination is likely to see walk-in registrations in huge numbers since the CoWIN portal is unlikely to be operational before March 1, officials told IANS. "Senior citizens and people above 45 with comorbidities will be allowed...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has urged the Senate to quickly pass the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, which was approved by the House on Saturday. "Now the bill moves to the United States Senate where I hope it will receive quick action... we have...

Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 113 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.52 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

New Delhi:  Private hospitals can charge up to Rs 250 per dose of COVID-19 vaccine, official sources said Saturday as India prepares to vaccinate people aged above 60 years and those over 45 with co-morbidities from March 1. The COVID-19 vaccine will be given free...

Toronto: Increased levels of a protein, which humans have inherited from neanderthals, are associated with reduced disease severity in COVID-19 patients, according to a study that may lead to the development of new therapeutics against the novel coronavirus infection. The research, published in the journal...

New Delhi: India registered a single-day spike of over 16,000 COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,79,979, while the recoveries surged to 1,07,63,451, according to Union Health Ministry data. A total of 16,488 novel coronavirus...

Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 113 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.51 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...

New Delhi: Everyone on election duty for the upcoming polls for five assemblies will be vaccinated against COVID-19 before polling day, the Election Commission said Friday. Voting will take place for 126 seats in Assam, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 294 in West Bengal, 140 in Kerala...

New Delhi:  The home ministry Friday said the existing COVID-19 guidelines will remain in force till March 31. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said while there has been a substantial decline in the active and new COVID-19 cases, there is need...

London: Queen Elizabeth II has urged the citizens to ‘think about other people’ and get a COVID-19 dose when they are offered one. The monarch, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received their first doses of the vaccine in January, the BBC reported. In...