Coronavirus

New Delhi: The hypermutated Omicron variant of Covid-19 has now spread to about 89 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday. Omicron is a highly divergent variant with a high number of mutations, including 26-32 in the spike protein, some of which are concerning...

London: If you are having cold-like conditions such as sniffles, headaches, and tiredness, you are likely to be positive for Covid's Omicron variant, according to a UK study. The Zoe Covid study app asked hundreds of thousands of people to log their symptoms and the...

New Delhi: The Sputnik V vaccine and the one-shot Sputnik Light booster are effective against the vaccine-evading and super mutant Omicron variant of Covid, claimed a preliminary laboratory study conducted by Russia's Gamaleya Center Friday. The study shows that Sputnik V demonstrates high virus neutralising...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 273.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.34 million and vaccinations to over 8.63 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering...

New Delhi: The scientific data on anti-viral Covid pills still does not support that these medicines will be useful at the moment as it has been found that they need to be given earlier even before the diagnosis of the disease, Indian Council of Medical...

Geneva: The World Health Organisation has given emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine made by US-based Novavax and the Serum Institute of India, paving the way for its inclusion in the UN-backed programme to get such vaccines to poorer countries around the world. The vaccine,...

Mumbai: For the second year straight, the Maharashtra government will not permit parties or big gatherings during the Christmas-New Year Eve week in the country's commercial capital owing to the spread of Omicron variant of coronavirus, Mumbai Guardian Minister Aslam Shaikh said Wednesday. However, all...

New Delhi: The Omicron variant is spreading at an unprecedented rate, the World Health Organization has said. WHO Director-General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus said that a total of 77 countries have reported Omicron cases so far but the reality is that this variant is probably yet...

New York: The US reached the grim milestone of 800,000 coronavirus deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. With the national case count topping 50.2 million, the death toll across the US rose to 800,266 as of 6:22 p.m. local time (2322 GMT) Tuesday,...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday made it mandatory for international passengers arriving in India to pre-book RT-PCR test. The international passengers arriving at six major Indian airports would be required to pre-book their tests. "The 'Air Suvidha' portal would be modified to allow the passengers...