Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Monday no state shall deny the ex-gratia compensation of Rs 50,000 to the next of kin of Covid-19 victims solely on the ground that death certificate does not mention the virus as the cause of death.    The ex-gratia compensation...

Bengaluru: Karnataka's Minister for Health K. Sudhakar has announced that Covid-19 vaccines in the form of nasal drops for children would mostly be available by the month of November or December. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi after his meeting with Union Minister for Health...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 234.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.80 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.29 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 23.45 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 47.9 lakh and vaccinations soared to over 6.28 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and...

New Delhi: India added 22,842 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,38,13,903, while the active cases declined to 2,70,557, the lowest in 199 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,48,817 with...

Bengaluru: In a tragic incident, a housewife committed suicide along with her 15-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter following the death of her husband in Prakruthi Layout area on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the police sources said here Saturday. The deceased are identified as Vasantha (40),...

Canberra: The Australian government has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens travelling overseas from November. However, no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back. Travel restrictions have trapped most Australians and permanent residents at home over the...

Bucharest: A fire broke out Friday morning at a hospital in Romania’s port city of Constanta, leaving at least nine people dead. The toll may go up as a number of people are still missing, authorities said. All the patients have been evacuated from the...

Tokyo: Japan's job availability in August worsened for the first time in four months with the expansion of the state of emergency against the surge of Covid-19 infections, government data revealed Friday. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the job-to-applicant ratio inched...

Chicago: Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the US, said that 1,101 students and 342 adults had contracted Covid-19 one month after it resumed in-person classes since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. The case numbers, for the period...