Coronavirus

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 76.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.69 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday wearing masks will be mandatory for the next six months in the state. Uddhav Thackeray said thai while addressing the people of state on social media. The chief minister said that experts are in favour of imposing...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95.80 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on...

United Nations:  Global vaccine partnership COVAX has lined up almost two billion doses of existing and candidate COVID-19 vaccines for use worldwide, including 200 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine through an agreement between the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, the Serum Institute of India and the...

Johannesburg: South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said that a new strain of the novel coronavirus has been identified which was spreading faster, driving the second wave of the pandemic the country was going through. He said people should be concerned about this new...

New York: To motivate more people to mask up and get vaccinated, emphasising the benefits of being a protector for the family and loved ones is more effective to overcome their resistance, shows new research. While many people have listened to messaging about wearing a...

Islamabad: Pakistan's planning minister and the head of the nation's anti-coronavirus body has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest of several politicians in the country to contract the virus. Asad Umar, the minister for planning development and special initiatives, tweeted on Friday night:  "Just got...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 caseload Saturday surged to 3,25,861 after 356 more people tested positive for the infection, while three fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,832, a health department official said. The new cases were detected in 26 of the 30 districts...

New York: People hospitalised with COVID-19 and neurological problems including stroke and confusion, have a higher risk of dying than other patients infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Neurology -- the medical journal of the...

United Nations: Global vaccine partnership COVAX has lined up almost two billion doses of existing and candidate COVID-19 vaccines for use worldwide, including 200 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine through an agreement between the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, the Serum Institute of India and the...