Coronavirus

New York: A series of recently published studies found that the fast-moving Omicron variant may be less severe than other Covid strains because of the way it attacks the lungs, media reports say. According to The New York Times, studies on mice and hamsters have...

New Delhi: India’s Omicron tally Saturday reached 1,431, with Maharashtra recording the highest cases at 454, followed by Delhi at 351, Tamil Nadu 118, Gujarat 115 and Kerala 109. Meanwhile, the country reported 22,775 new coronavirus cases and 406 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active caseload...

New York: As Covid-19 cases, fuelled by the fast-moving Omicron variant, swamp hospitals across the globe, a US-based doctor said that the surge is "unlike anything we have ever seen". "It's unlike anything we have ever seen, even at the peak of the prior surges of...

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday criticised the Central government for "missing" the double vaccination target, saying the government's claims to achieve 100 per cent vaccination turned out to be "Jumla". "The Central government had promised 100 per cent vaccination by the end...

New Delhi: There is no science behind night curfews when it comes to tackling the spread of Covid variants, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has stressed. In a TV media interview, she said that countries like India must formulate science-based policies for curbing the spread...

Kolkata: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly was Friday discharged from hospital here after testing negative for the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron. According to doctors, the former India captain had mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is doing fine...

Mumbai: Hours before the New Year Eve festivities, the Mumbai Police clamped further restrictions on people till January 15 to prevent further spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, here Friday. Effective 1300 hrs Friday (1 p.m.- December 31, Friday), Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Chaitanya S....

New York: In the past 24 hours, New York State reported 74,207 new Covid-19 cases, breaking its single-day record for a second straight day amid a new wave of the pandemic triggered by the latest Omicron variant, according to data issued by the local government....

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 286.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.42 million and vaccinations to over 9.09 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

New York: The fast-spreading Omicron variant is "nothing more than a seasonal cold virus" and there is little we can do to stop this virus from infecting people, claims a US-based doctor. Afshine Emrani, MD, who holds a Fellowship in the American College of Cardiology...