Coronavirus

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, which is already making waves on the Covid front by recording more than 60 per cent of the daily new Covid cases in the country, is now waiting with bated breath for the results of three Covid positive samples sent for genomic sequencing....

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Saturday said that total 12 patients are suspected of carrying Omicron variant of the coronavirus so far in the national capital. He said that all have been admitted in the isolation ward of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash...

Singapore: As the Omicron variant has been detected in several countries, Singapore's Ministry of Health said that there is no evidence yet to suggest if the Omicron variant is more severe than other variants. Singapore has preliminarily detected two imported Covid-19 cases with the Omicron...

New Delhi: More than half of those infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant in England were double jabbed, health officials have said, as the number of cases detected in the UK continues to rise sharply, The Guardian reported. There were 75 further cases of the...

New York: A team of researchers has devised a test that could measure patient immunity against multiple Covid-19 variants such as Omicron and Delta at once and inform which synthetic monoclonal antibody to use for treatments. The findings showed that this test could potentially tell...

Ottawa: Canada reported 2,538 new Covid cases Friday afternoon, raising the cumulative total to 1,801,405 cases with 29,747 deaths, according to CTV. Ontario, the most populous province with 14 million residents in Canada, reported 1,031 new cases and four deaths, Xinhua news agency reported. The...

Frankfurt: BioNTech should be able to adapt its coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly in response to the Omicron variant. The next few weeks will show how urgently an upgrade is needed BioNtech CEO Ugur Sahin was quoted as saying by Reuters, Friday. Ugur Sahin said people...

Bangalore: The South African national who tested positive for the Omicron variant escaped from here after procuring a fake negative report from a private lab, the Karnataka government said Friday. It also said that the government is trying to track 10 other passengers who reportedly...

New Delhi: A decision on booster dose and Covid-19 jabs for children will be taken on the basis of scientific guidance from experts, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Friday. His comments came even as India stepped up surveillance for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus....

New Delhi: People with allergic conditions such as hay fever have a lower risk of being infected by Covid, a new study suggests, the Daily Mail reported. Researchers from the Queen Mary University of London looked at more than 16,000 adults in the UK between...