Rio De Janeiro: Brazil became the first Latin American country to report cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. According to the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, the country's first two cases involve a couple, both of whom tested positive for the new variant....
New Delhi: SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, can directly invade human kidney cells -- specifically the proximal tubules, which are major gatekeepers in the organ's waste-filtering function, according to a new research. Up to 25 per cent of patients' Covid-19 cases involve acute kidney injury....
New Delhi: With the Omicron strain threat looming large the Centre has announced new travel rules that will come into effect from midnight Wednesday. All international passengers will have to abide by the rules. As per the new rules, passengers, who are arriving from countries...
Geneva: Even as the world is entering a third year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the infectious disease that claimed the lives of more than 5 million people so far is far from over, the WHO said Monday. At the Special Session of the World Health...
Thiruvananthapuram: In wake of detection of new Covid variant Omicron in South Africa, Kerala Health Minister Veena George Monday said so far, things are under control, but utmost caution has to be maintained and as a precautionary measure, all those arriving from high-risk countries will...
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that 2,116 serious and severe adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) cases have been reported from 1,19,38,44,741 doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered till November 24, and vaccination is not linked to any benefits or services. In a...
New Delhi: The overall global risk related to the new Covid variant, Omicron is assessed as very high, said the World Health Organisation Monday. The WHO said that Omicron is a highly divergent variant with a high number of mutations, including 26-32 in the spike,...
New Delhi: Low vaccination rates against the Covid-19 disease in Asia-Pacific countries, including India, may add to the existing risk to the recovery of the economy, according to a new analysis by Moody's Analytics. Countries including India, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines...
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech Monday announced that it has commenced export of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. Long Pending export orders have been executed during November, to be further expanded during the following months, the Hyderabad-based company said in a statement. With the number of countries that have...
Hyderabad: As many as 42 students and one teacher of a government-run residential school for girls in Telangana's Sangareddy district have tested positive for Covid-19. The cases have come to light at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Gurukul school at Muthangi village in Sangareddy district, about 50...
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