Coronavirus

Hyderabad: A total of 1,200 passengers had arrived in Telangana since December 9 to date from the UK. The arrival of the passengers assumes significance due to the detection of a new strain of COVID-19 virus. Efforts are on to identify the passengers, a senior...

London: Another new coronavirus variant, which seems to have undergone future mutation and is more transmissible, has been detected in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced Wednesday. Announcing the development at a press briefing where he outlined further restrictions in south and east England,...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Wednesday reviewed the status of passengers coming from the UK to India and directed states and Union Territories to send samples of those found coronavirus positive to six laboratories identified for genome sequencing. The laboratories are: the CSIR-Institute of...

New Delhi: People who are infected should also take a vaccine, and India is well prepared regarding the logistics for the vaccine distribution, Bharat Biotech Chairman & MD Krishna Ella said on Wednesday. He was speaking in a virtual session on 'Sero surveillance significance in immunogenicity and safety...

Washington: Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the US with an additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine under a new agreement. The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31. Pfizer already has a contract to supply the...

Chennai: The shooting of the Rajinikanth-starrer, 'Annaatthe', was halted after four of the film crew tested positive for COVID-19, sources said Wednesday. Sun Pictures, the production house, said the top actor and other crew members have tested negative for the virus. "During routine testing at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday registered 364 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,27,279. Out of the 364 new cases, 210 were reported from quarantine centres while 154 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1341629353055059968 The total number of active cases in the...

New Delhi: Passengers coming from the UK should undergo RT-PCR test and be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility if found positive, stated the Health Ministry's standard operating procedure issued on Tuesday in view of a new variant of coronavirus detected there....

New Delhi: In view of a mutated variant of coronavirus detected in the UK and elsewhere, the NITI Aayog clarified on Tuesday that there is no need to panic. Niti Aayog's Member, Health, Dr V.K. Paul said that the mutated variant of novel coronavirus does...

New Delhi: His deeds in white ball cricket have astounded many. Rohit Sharma has been one of the most successful limited overs batsmen for Team India.  He holds many records in his name including scoring the joint fastest T20 International century. Rohit Sharma achieved the...