Coronavirus

Jaipur: Four more people tested positive for Omicron variant of Coronavirus in Rajasthan Monday taking the tally to 17 in the state, health officials said. Of the four, three had come in contact with an infected family which returned from South Africa. Health officials confirmed...

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Monday detected its fourth Omicron case in 'Diamond City' Surat. A 42-year-old diamond trader from the gem hub of Ashwani Kumar Road tested positive for the new variant following his long travel history in South Africa. "The 42-year-old male patient is into diamond...

New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have developed an RT-PCR based assay for the specific detection of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 within 90 minutes, according to officials. Currently, the identification or screening for Omicron is done worldwide using next-generation...

New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi is facing a privilege notice in the Parliament notice against him. The privilege notice was submitted by two Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs. They have brought the notice for a comment made by Ranjan Gogoi. During...

London: Long queues were seen Monday outside walk-in vaccination centres across the United Kingdom. People queued for their booster vaccine doses, even as the government’s work from home guidance came in force as part of measures to tackle the ‘tidal wave’ of the Omicron variant...

Mumbai: Indian star Kareena Kapoor Khan Monday said she has tested positive for Covid-19, after sources in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said both she and her actor-friend Amrita Arora had contracted the virus. Kareena confirmed her diagnosis on Instagram, adding that she hopes to...

Patna: After Arwal, another case of mismanagement in vaccination against Covid-19 came to light in Bihar. Now, a Primary Health Centre of Navhatta block in Saharsa district, gave first dose of Covid vaccine to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, actress Rakhi Sawant,...

Seoul: South Korea Monday began administering Covid booster jabs to its soldiers, amid growing fears over the spread of the new Omicron variant. Under the booster vaccination drive, the military plans to inoculate around 400,000 service members and civilian employees by January 14, according to...

Washington: Amid renewed calls for booster doses to prevent the transmission of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that a third of the 43 cases of the super mutant strain in the country...

The findings launched on International Universal Health Coverage Day, highlighting the devastating impact of COVID-19 on people’s ability to obtain healthcare and pay for it. In his message marking the Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that with the third year of the pandemic fast approaching, “we must urgently strengthen our health systems...