Coronavirus

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The disruption of India's food systems during the Covid-19 pandemic was associated with a steep rise in malnutrition among children as the lockdown impacted their nutritional status, according to a study that was conducted in Odisha and Bihar. Researchers from the Tata-Cornell...

Seoul: The human immune system that encountered breakthrough infection by the Omicron variant acquires enhanced immunity against future versions of the Omicron, including the currently circulating JN.1, according to a study. A team of South Korean scientists from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) announced...

New Delhi: India has logged 269 new Covid-19 cases, and as per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Wednesday there were three deaths in the past 24 hours. With these deaths, the Covid toll in the country stands at 5,33,420. The total number...

New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) India has recorded 441 fresh COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours while the number of active cases has come down to 3,238, the Union Health Ministry said Saturday. No deaths were reported in a span of 24 hours, according...

New Delhi: The number of cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 has crossed 1,000 mark with Uttar Pradesh becoming the latest state to join the list of 16 states and UTs which have detected its presence, according to INSACOG. The data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2...

New Delhi: The number of cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 reported from 12 states till January 7 rose to 682, official sources said Monday. They said 199 cases have been reported from Karnataka, 148 from Kerala, 139 from Maharashtra, 47 from Goa, 36 from Gujarat,...

New Delhi: India has recorded 756 new cases of Covid, while the number of active cases of the infection stood at 4,049, the health ministry said Sunday. Five deaths -- two each from Kerala and Maharashtra and one from Jammu and Kashmir -- have been...

New York: The highly transmissible JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron, is the predominant Covid-19 variant, causing 62 per cent of SAR-CoV-2 cases in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. The CDC’s latest estimates released Friday predicted a range of...

Bhubaneswar: Two cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in Odisha, a senior official said Thursday. The two cases were detected in Sundargarh and Bhubaneswar, Director of Health Services Bijay Kumar Mohapatra said, adding that the health conditions of both patients are stable. "Samples...

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 760 new cases of Covid while two more people succumbed to the viral disease, the health ministry said Thursday. The number of active cases of the infection has been recorded at 4,423, it said. The new fatalities...