Coronavirus

New Delhi: With increasing number of Omicron cases coupled with a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Centre Tuesday asked states to impose night curfew along with strict regulation on large gatherings. The Health Ministry has asked states to impose restrictions such as...

Washington: Already declining US population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation's founding during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That's because the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed hundreds of thousands of US residents. Figures released Tuesday by the US...

New Delhi: New Covid variant Omicron is three times more transmissible that the Delta variant, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. "Based on current scientific evidence, the Variant of Concern Omicron is at least 3 times more transmissible than the Delta Variant. Besides, the Delta VOC...

Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called on the world to pull together to end the Covid-19 pandemic within the next year. Addressing reporters here Monday, Tedros said the "fastest way" to get back to normal is to make...

Washington: Even as Omicron has now become the dominant variant in the US, the country has reported its first death from the highly transmissible variant, the media reported. An unvaccinated man in his 50s with underlying health conditions is believed to have been the first...

Jerusalem: Israeli researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, harms the human immune system, Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in southern Israel said Monday. In a genetic study published in the journal iScience, BGU researchers tried to find out what causes the "stormy" nature...

Washington: Omicron has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in the US, accounting for over 73 per cent of new weekly cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) latest estimates. The infection cases caused by the Omicron variant jumped from 12.6 per...

Washington: US President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 after one of his staffers who spent half an hour with him on Air Force One Friday tested positive on Monday morning, the White House said. Biden's regular antigen test on Sunday and the PCR test...

New Delhi: Former World Number one Rafael Nadal, who returned to action at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi last week, on Monday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain. The 20-time grand slam champion informed that his...

London: The number of people dying due to the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the UK rose to 12 Monday from seven reported Sunday. On December 13, Prime Minister Boris Johnson had announced the first death due to Omicron in the country. The latest figures...