Coronavirus

Amritsar/New Delhi: At least 173 passengers on a Rome-Amritsar charter flight were found to be Covid-19 positive after being tested on arrival Friday, officials said. This is the second consecutive incident wherein a large number of passengers coming from Italy to Amritsar airport have tested...

Puri: The famed Jagannath temple in Puri will remain closed from January 10 in view of the increasing Covid-19 cases, a senior official said Friday. The Jagannath temple will remain closed till January 31, as per the decision taken at the meeting of Chhatisa Nijog...

New Delhi: MSD Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck Sharp & Dohme and known as Merck & Co Inc, on Friday said it is confident in the clinical profile of molnupiravir, which demonstrated a significant reduction in the risk of hospitalisation or death in case...

New Delhi: Drugmaker Lupin Friday said it has launched antiviral medication Molnupiravir under the brand name Molnulup in the country for the treatment of COVID-19. Molnupiravir has been given emergency use authorisation by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for treatment of adult COVID-19...

Chandigarh: A total of 352 healthcare workers, including 152 doctors, have tested positive since December 20 in the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here despite most of them fully vaccinated, an official statement said Friday. The doctors comprise both junior and senior...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee caused a flutter Friday contradicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) here. While inaugurating the facility Narendra Modi underlined his government’s commitment to give the benefits of high-quality healthcare services...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena Friday said that all colleges, universities and technical educational institutions in the state except medical colleges operating under Odisha government will remain closed from January 10. Hostels of these institutions will also remain closed from January 10....

New Delhi: India Friday revised the existing guidelines for all international arrivals in India in view of the rising Covid cases and the Omicron threat, to make seven days home quarantine mandatory. The new guidelines will be effective from January 11 till further notice. Travellers...

Dhaka: As the Covid-19 pandemic situation worsens, the Bangladeshi government has decided not to allow students aged between 12 and 17 without vaccination to return to school. Bangladeshi Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam made the announcement, reports Xinhua news agency. He said steps are underway...

Stockholm: A maternity ward of a Swedish hospital is fully occupied by women infected with Covid-19, state media reported. In its report, the Swedish Television (SVT) said that country has been hit by a surge of the Omicron variant, smashing the previous record of new...