Coronavirus

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 51.34 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 62.3 lakh and vaccinations to over 11.35 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering...

New Delhi: A total of 3,324 coronavirus infections were reported in a day taking the case tally to 4,30,79,188, while the number of active cases increased to 19,092, according to data updated by the Union health ministry Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 5,23,843...

New Delhi: Over 60 per cent of India's youngsters between the age of 12 to 14 have been administered with the first Covid vaccine dose. Since the beginning of the vaccination drive for this age group, over 2.86 crore adolescents have been administered the first...

London: Residents of Shanghai, who were fenced into their homes by Communist officials as part of China's draconian Zero Covid policy, have staged a breakout, video posted on social media showed, Daily Mail reported. The clip shows the metal fences built along a residential street...

Kuwait City: The Kuwait government announced its decided to lift all Covid-19 restrictions starting from May 1. The wearing of face masks will no be longer mandatory but an option, both indoors and outdoors, Xinhua news agency quoted government spokesman Tareq Al-Mezrem as saying at...

Patna: The health department of Bihar Thursday detected a new variant of Omicron in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS). The new variant BA.12 is 10 times more dangerous than BA.2 which was detected during the third wave of Corona in the country. Prof...

Tokyo: A Covid oral antiviral pill, developed by Japanese pharma company Shionogi & Co, has shown rapid clearance of a virus that causes Covid-19. The pill, "S-217622 demonstrated rapid clearance of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus", the company said in a statement. It added that the...

Taipei (Taiwan): Volunteers and low-level government workers in Shanghai have erected metal barriers in multiple districts to block off small streets and entrances to apartment complexes, as China hardens its strict “zero-COVID” approach in the metropolis. In the city's financial district, Pudong, the barriers —...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 50.91 lakh, while the deaths have surged to more than 62.1 lakh and vaccinations to over 11.23 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)...

New Delhi: With 2,593 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to  4,30,57,545, while the active cases increased to 15,873, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,22,193 with 44...