Coronavirus

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,06,25,428 with 14,545 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,02,83,708, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Friday. The death toll increased to 1,53,032 with 163 daily new fatalities, the data updated...

Manchester: Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has tested positive for the coronavirus, saying he has experienced some symptoms. The Argentine had already been self-isolating after being identified as a close contact of someone infected. "I had some symptoms and I'm following doctor's orders for recovery....

New Delhi: Cyrus S Poonawalla, chairman and MD of Serum Institute of India (SII) said Thursday that the vaccine major will offer a compensation of Rs 25 lakh in addition to the mandated amount to families of persons who died in a fire at the...

Researchers have developed a new online tool that can calculate the risk of COVID-19 transmission in poorly-ventilated places, showing that when two people are in such spaces and neither is wearing a mask, prolonged talking is far more likely to spread the novel coronavirus than...

London:  Only 56 per cent of British Indians would take a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and women fall within the significantly less likely to be open to a jab over fertility concerns, a new survey by a think tank led by Oxford University experts...

Bhubaneswar: Two health workers Thursday developed visible adverse effects after being administered with the COVID-19 vaccine jabs. Odisha government’s health department said that one of them was a staff nurse from Bargarh district while one was an ASHA worker from Jagatsinghpur district. One of the...

  New Delhi: India delivered Thursday two million doses of Covishield vaccines to Bangladesh and one million doses to Nepal under grants assistance. India will also send supplies to Myanmar and Seychelles. It is learnt that a consignment containing 1.5 million doses of Covishield vaccines...

New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19 in India has climbed to 145, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday. All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by the...

New Delhi: The number of healthcare workers who have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs in India till Thursday evening 9,99,065 as per provisional reports, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday.        The Health Ministry also, 1,92,581 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6.00pm Thursday through vaccination sessions held across...

New Delhi: Elected representatives above 50 years of age are likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the second round of the ongoing inoculation drive. The second round will follow the first which started January 16. In the first phase, more than three crore healthcare...