Coronavirus

Washington: The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House has said. Vaccine requirements for federal workers, federal contractors, and foreign air travellers to the...

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 5,874 new coronavirus cases, while the active case count dropped to 49,015 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll from the pandemic has increased to 5,31,533 with 25 deaths, which includes nine...

New Delhi: India has logged 9,355 fresh coronavirus infections, while the active cases have decreased to 57,410, according to Union health ministry data updated Thursday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,424 with 26 deaths, which includes six fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated...

New Delhi: The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, present in 33 countries, is making a fresh surge in Covid infections as well as deaths in Italy, the US, the UK, Vietnam, and other nations, including India. According to the Italian Ministry of Health, the country recorded 27,982...

London: Mortality from Covid-19 in people with intellectual disabilities are five times higher than the general population, according to a study. Intellectual disability is a term used when there are limits to a person's ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily...

New Delhi: If you are facing breathless episodes after Covid during the day, also check if you are not able to sleep properly as researchers have now discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with Covid was likely to be a driver of...

New Delhi: India added 10,093 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 57,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,114 with 23 deaths. While five deaths were reported from Delhi, three each were from...

New Delhi: Vulnerable people aged 65 years and over receiving the Pfizer bivalent mRNA vaccine booster dose showed 72 per cent lower risk of Covid-related hospitalisation and 68 per cent lower risk of Covid-related death, according to a new study published in the journal The...

New Delhi: India logged 5,357 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases rose to 32,814, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,965 with 11 deaths. While three deaths were reported from Gujarat, two were from Himachal...

New Delhi: The rise in Covid cases is indicative of the SARS-CoV-2 virus moving into an endemic state in India and behaving like other coronaviruses that cause common cold-like symptoms and can keep reinfecting, say scientists. Giving the reassurance that a monster spike on the...