Coronavirus

Wuhan (China): One of the World Health Organisation (WHO) investigators looking for clues into the origin of the coronavirus in the this city said that the Chinese side has provided a high level of cooperation. In a tweet, zoologist and team member Peter Daszak praised...

New Delhi: In the 19 days since the beginning of the country's Covid-19 vaccination drive, India has inoculated nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) of its population, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said Thursday. The ministry officials also claimed that India has become the fastest...

New Delhi: With 12,899 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,90,183, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,80,455 , according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. The death toll increased to 1,54,703 with 107...

Topeka (US): The Kansas health department says a more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in Great Britain has arrived in the state. The health department reported Wednesday evening that a case of the variant had been identified in Ellis County in northwestern Kansas....

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 104.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.26 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,77,284 with 11,039 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,62,631, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,54,596 with 110 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8...

London: A 100-year-old Army veteran, who became a national hero in the United Kingdom for raising over 32 million pounds for healthcare charities by completing 100 laps around his garden using a walking frame and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, died in hospital Tuesday...

New Delhi: The Gamaleya National Research Centre and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said Tuesday that interim results of the Phase III clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ showed 91.6 per cent efficacy against the pandemic. Medical journal ‘The Lancet’ has published interim results...

Beijing: China has arrested over 80 people for smuggling and supplying counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines. There is news that some of these counterfeit vaccines have already been sent to Africa, the official media reported Tuesday. Apart from the arrests, 3,000 doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines were...

New Delhi: The tally of active COVID-19 cases in India has shrunk to 1.63 lakh which is just 1.52 per cent of the total caseload. So far 39.50 lakh beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs till Tuesday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. The Health...