Covid

“Big achievement…India’s contribution in that sense was good”: Health Secy on historic World Health Assembly move

Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra on Monday lauded India's contribution to the global health security agenda at the 77th World…

6 months ago

Covid JN.1 variant escaped new vaccine boosters: Study

The latest set of Covid-19 vaccines offered no increased protection against the JN.1 variant, which continues to circulate, according to…

8 months ago

Varanasi’s Covid orphans get unexpected help from lion-hearted bureaucrat

Children orphaned in the deadly Covid wave have been struggling for survival and getting education. Despite the government coming up…

1 year ago

Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman win Medicine Nobel for facilitating Covid vaccine

Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work…

1 year ago

Medicinal plant Sweet Annie may help fight Covid and brain cancer

Scientists have identified a medicinal plant that can aid in the fight against Covid as well as Glioblastoma -- the…

1 year ago

New Covid variant with 35 mutations triggers concern

A highly mutated Covid variant called BA.2.86 has given rise to fresh concern as it has been detected in five…

1 year ago

Defence Minister down with Covid as cases surge 20%

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has tested positive for COVID-19 on account of which he had to skip the Indian Air…

2 years ago

India’s daily count of fresh Covid cases jumps 30% to 10,158

India today recorded 10,158 fresh Covid-19 cases, which is 30 per cent more than yesterday taking the total number of…

2 years ago

Covid protocol kicks in at AIIMS Delhi as 4 doctors among staff who test positive

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi has issued an advisory for its staff to follow Covid-19 appropriate…

2 years ago

Covid Cases In India Rise Again | What Is XBB1.16 Variant?

India is once again alarmed by the rising cases of Covid19. The country reported a single-day rise of 7,830 new…

2 years ago

India’s Covid cases surge, 70 deaths in last 8 days

India recorded 6,155 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the highest in close to 7 months, according data…

2 years ago

Covid cases surge in Delhi, two deaths recorded

Delhi recorded 733 fresh Covid cases on Friday, the highest in more than seven months and two deaths due to…

2 years ago

Centre calls high-level meet as Covid cases surge, 14 deaths in last 24 hours

India's daily count of fresh Covid cases shot up to 6,050 in the last 24 hours, which is 13 per…

2 years ago

Kerala surpasses Maharashtra in recording highest count of Covid-19 cases

Kerala recorded close to 4,000 fresh Covid-19 infections during the last week to displace Maharashtra as the state with the…

2 years ago

India records 27% jump in Covid cases, 5 deaths in last 24 hours

India reported 3,823 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a 27 per cent jump over yesterday, according to…

2 years ago

Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi on high alert as Covid cases surge

India logged 3,095 fresh Covid cases and 6 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to…

2 years ago

India records 40% jump in daily Covid cases, 14 deaths in last 24 hours

India recorded 3,016 new cases of Covid-19  in the past 24 hours which works out to a 40 per cent…

2 years ago

Daily count of fresh Covid cases in India surges to 5 -month high

The daily count of fresh Covid-19 cases in India has surged to a five-month high of 2,151 in the last…

2 years ago

Daily count of fresh Covid cases shoots up, 5 deaths recorded

India recorded 1,134 fresh Covid-19 cases and five deaths in the last 24 hour, according to Union Health Ministry data…

2 years ago

India’s Covid-19 cases surge, 19 deaths in 7 days

India recorded as many as 918 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours taking the active caseload of the…

2 years ago

Covid-19 infections surge in 6 states, Centre sounds alert

The Centre is worried over the surge in Covid-19 cases in 6 states as the number of fresh daily infections…

2 years ago