Coronavirus

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...

New Delhi: Zydus Cadila's ZyCoV-D vaccine against Covid-19 will soon be a part of India's mass inoculation drive, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan announced, adding that talks were underway with the manufacturer on pricing issues. Addressing a press briefing on the Covid situation across the country,...

Lucknow: In the post-Covid era, elderly persons are suffering from loneliness and depression along with rapid memory loss. According to Kauser Usman, HoD, geriatric medicine, at the King George's Medical University, "Loss of one of the partners, prolonged post-Covid troubles like weak chest and memory...

Mandya (Karnataka): A girls' college in Karnataka's Mandya was sealed by the Health Department on Friday as 28 of its students tested positive for Covid. The Government Pre-University College for Girls, located in Nagamangala town, has a large number of students from rural areas. College...

London: A set of seven symptoms, considered together, can be used to maximise detection of Covid-19 in the community, a study has said recently. The research was published Wednesday in the journal ‘PLOS Medicine’. The study said loss or change of smell, loss or change...

Beijing: A city in northern China has killed three housecats after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a local media report. The authorities in Harbin said the action was taken because there was no available treatment for animals with the disease and they would...

United Nations: World leaders thanked India for its help and support in combating the coronavirus pandemic through "early and meaningful" shipments of COVID-19 vaccine doses, as they addressed the high-level UN General Assembly session this year. Several world leaders expressed their gratitude to India and...

Washington: Pfizer has submitted research to the US Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine in children but the shots may not be available until November. The company said Tuesday it provided health regulators with data from a recent study of...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 232.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.76 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.14 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and...

Bengaluru: The district authorities have sealed Sri Chaitanya Girls' Residential School in Bengaluru following 60 of its students testing positive for Covid-19. Of those who tested positive, only two are symptomatic. The development has come as a big worry for the Karnataka Health and Education...