Coronavirus

New Delhi: India logged 30,948 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 3,53,398 comprising 1.09 per cent of the total infections, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The total tally of Covid-19 cases has increased to 3,24,24,234. The death toll...

New Delhi: Zydus Cadila's three-dose indigenous Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, the world's first DNA-based Covid vaccine that can be administered to people aged 12 and above, Friday received emergency use authorisation (EUA) in India, an official statement said. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's (CDSO) Subject...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government Friday announced it has sanctioned Rs 3.2 crore for providing financial support to 87 children who lost parents due to Covid. State Health Minister Veena George said that a sum of Rs 3 lakh would be deposited in the name of...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India's primary Covid vaccine, Covishield, BBC reported. The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a WHO statement said. It also said the vaccine's maker,...

London: The UK government Tuesday updated its official travel advisory for India to reflect the country's upgraded status under the Covid based traffic light system, no longer advising against “all but essential travel”. India moved from the UK's red list travel ban to amber on...

Washington: The United States (US) eased its travel advisory Monday for India, lowering it to Level 2: Moderate. The new travel advisory of Level 2 – which is considered as safe – came in the wake of the significant improvement in the Covid-19 situation in...

Wellington: New Zealand’s government took drastic action Tuesday by putting the entire nation into a strict lockdown for at least three days. The decision to enforce the lockdown came after a single case of coronavirus infection emerged. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern invoked some of the...

Washington: Researchers have developed a new cheaper, faster and more accurate Covid-19 diagnostic test. This Covid-19 diagnostic test uses electrodes made from graphite. It is the same material found in pencil lead that will be used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The team at University...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday granted four weeks more to the Centre to frame guidelines in connection with payment of ex-gratia to dependents of those who succumbed to Covid. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati...

London: Amid the surge of the Delta variant in the US, hospitalisation rates for the adults in their 30s due to Covid-19 have hit record highs, making it the "pandemic of the young". New Covid-19 hospital admissions for patients in their 30s reached an average...