Coronavirus

New Delhi: People above 60 years of age and with various comorbidities and going for a booster or precaution dose will not need a doctor certificate or prescription to show they belong to the high-risk category. They will be eligible for vaccination without any documentary...

Johannesburg: A small South African study released Tuesday shows that Omicron infection may enhance immunity against the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The research, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, initially examined 15 people infected with Omicron. Some of these people were vaccinated while others...

New Delhi: A yellow alert has been sounded in Delhi and some restrictions imposed under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in view of rising number of Covid cases in the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Tuesday. The yellow alert entails restrictions like night...

Kolkata: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.  However, Sourav Ganguly is ‘stable’, the medical institution, where he is undergoing treatment, said Tuesday. Ganguly, who is double vaccinated, was rushed Monday evening to Woodlands Hospital here...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) declared Tuesday an area of Gopabandhu Vihar locality in this city as a micro containment zone. Sources said that the decision to declare the area as a micro containment zone was taken after six members of a family tested...

New Delhi: Expanding India’s vaccine basket, the Central Drug Authority has approved the Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covovax’, Biological E’s jab ‘Corbevax’ and anti-Covid pill ‘Molnupiravir’ for restricted use in emergency situation. The announcement by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya came Tuesday. It...

New Delhi: Russia-based pharma company ChemRar Group Tuesday announced that its anti-Covid pill, named Avifavir, is effective against Delta as well as the new Omicron variant of Coronavirus. Avifavir affects the highly conservative and mutation-resistant replication systems of RNA virus (RdRp) via three complementary mechanisms,...

Washington: An international team of scientists have identified antibodies that neutralise Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants. These antibodies target areas of the virus spike protein that remain essentially unchanged as the viruses mutate. The Omicron variant has 37 mutations in the spike protein, which it...

Kolkata: BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said Tuesday. Ganguly is double vaccinated and has been travelling extensively, taking part in all professional activities. The 49-year-old was...

New Delhi: India registered 6,358 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, the Union ministry of Health and Family welfare said Tuesday. As many as 293 deaths were also recorded pushing the death toll to 4,80,290. Meanwhile, the Omicron infection tally has risen...