Some medical experts say the new XBB.1.16 variant could be driving the rise in cases but add there’s no need to panic and people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get booster shots if they have not already.
A high-level meeting took place between officials from WHO and China on the current surge in Covid-19 cases to seek further information on the situation, and to offer WHO's expertise and further support, a WHO statement said...
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said flyers from China and five other places will have to upload their RT-PCR reports on the Air Suvidha portal before travel. Besides China, the five other places are Hong Kong,...
The recovery count increased by eight to touch 79,88,656, leaving the state with an active caseload of 67, it said.
Spain made the announcement after Italy said it would require coronavirus tests for airline passengers from China.
PMGKAY was started in April 2020 to help the poor whose livelihoods were shuttered by a nationwide lockdown aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus. Under the scheme, 5 kg of wheat and rice is provided free of cost...
Canada plans to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for Covid-19 before leaving for Canada.
The Union government has also highlighted that only 27-28% people have taken Covid-19 vaccine's booster doses and urged people to get booster doses.
Projections say 1.3-2.1 million people could die in China from the Covid-19 surge. The Chinese Covid-19 surge is being driven BF.7 Omicron sub-variant, which...
The Union government has asked states and Union territories (UTs) to increase the genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of emerging coronavirus...
Recently, other tech companies in China have also laid off their employees as the country continues to be impacted by recurring Covid-19 outbreaks
On Friday 1,134 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths were reported. Out of the new cases, 763 were from Mumbai.
Delhi on Saturday logged 442 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.02 per cent while no new death was reported according to data shared by the city...
Covid-19 India: A decrease of 508 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
India's Covid case positivity rate went past 1% again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections and 26...
PM Modi said special campaigns are needed in schools to vaccinate children.
Officials said availability of all drugs for the treatment of co-morbidities and other medicines related to COVID has also been ensured.
The northeastern state has so far tested more than 19.10 lakh samples for COVID-19.
The 'COVID network prevalence' marks an over 500 per cent increase in the last 15 days, said LocalCircles, the firm that conducted the survey.
The single-day positivity rate shot up to 38.41 per cent, as the fresh cases were detected from 138 sample tests.
According to the US State Department, the order covers non-emergency U.S. government employees at the consulate in Shanghai and their family members.
On Friday, the company had said that the precaution dose of its Covishield vaccine against COVID-19 will be priced at Rs 600 per shot for eligible individuals.
The southern state also reported 79 deaths which raised the total fatalities in Kerala to 67,992, according to a government release.
In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, the UN health agency said the number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere, including in WHO's Western Pacific...
The citywide lockdown that will be conducted in two phases will be China's most extensive since the central city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected...
