Coronavirus

Washington: The US intelligence community has failed to reach a consensus on the origin of Covid-19 disease, while ruling out the possibility that China developed the virus as a biological weapon, according to key takeaways from a classified report delivered to President Joe Biden this...

New Delhi: "Pregnant women with certain high-risk conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, asthma, cystic fibrosis, homozygous sickle cell disease, or those on immune suppression therapies, dialysis or advanced chronic kidney disease, congenital or acquired heart disease and organ transplant recipients have a...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 21.59 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 44.9 lakh and vaccinations soared to over 5.16 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 45,083 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,26,95,030, while active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 4,37,830 with...

Kolkata: In a major decision, the Calcutta University has waived tuition fees for the next semester in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. The announcement was made via a notification issued by the university, making it the first educational institute in the state to waive tuition...

Canberra: Amid the third wave of the pandemic, Australia Friday approved vaccination against Covid-19 for all individuals from 12 years of age, extending the current recommendation for those aged 16 years and older. Earlier in the day, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI)...

Bhubaneswar: Two more infants, who were hit by the Covid-19 virus, have died in Odisha. The new fatalities took the total number of infant deaths in Odisha to three. However, the two infants who breathed their last in the last 24 hours were suffering from...

New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has told the Supreme Court that over one lakh children are in need of care and protection as they are either orphaned, lost one of their parents or are abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic...

London: The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organisation to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is “closing fast.” Meanwhile, a U.S. Intelligence review...

London: The protection gained after being fully vaccinated with both doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19 decreases over time, a new study in the United Kingdom (UK) reported Wednesday. The ZOE COVID Study found that protection after two shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech...