Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the XBB.1.16 strain of coronavirus is the predominant variant at present in Delhi, accounting for 48% of all positive cases. He added that the strain spreads rapidly but is not...
Chinese hospitals in recent weeks have been overwhelmed as China faces an unprecedented Covid-19 surge. The recent update on death toll also comes amid grim projections which say that 1.3-2.1 million people could die in...
Sources told PTI that the assessment is in line with previous trends which show a new wave of Covid-19 hits India around 30-35 days after it hits East Asia. The sources added filling up of 'air suvidha' forms and 72-hour...
The XBB 1.16 variant was first found in January when two samples tested positive for the variant while in February a total of 59 samples were found.
With Covid-19 infections on the surge in China, it might be a good idea to relook at your health insurance policy given that IRDAI has also asked insurers to give discount on renewal premiums to those who have taken three...
Chinese authorities in eastern Jiangxi province said that more than 18,000 Covid patients had been admitted to major medical institutions in the province in the two weeks up to Thursday, including nearly 500 severe cases but...
Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 33 fresh Covid-19 cases, one fatality, and 29 recoveries, the health department said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's high-level meeting to review Covid-19 situation in India has come after a surge in Covid-19 infections in China and other countries such as China and the United States. Though India has been...
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...
With the fresh infections, the Covid case tally in the national capital rose to 19,51,930, while the death toll stood at 26,307. The number of tests conducted...
The B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant has previously been reported as more transmissible, but less severe than other SARS-CoV-2 variants.
According to BMC's recent statement, the XE variant of Covid was detected in a 50-year-old woman in Mumbai. However, the Centre has refuted such claims.
.The new strain is a subvariant of Omicron, which was first detected in South Africa last year before cropping up in several parts of the world including...
A fast-spreading variant known as B.A.2, also dubbed 'stealth omicron' is testing China's zero-tolerance strategy, which has previously kept the virus at bay...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday that reducing deaths in the city's priority, while a mass-testing plan was put on hold.
IT majors such as Wipro, Cognizant, TCS, Infosys, among others have started the process of getting employees back to offices starting next month
On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said while BA.2 is more tranmsissible than BA.1, the subvariant is not more severe.
While governments across the world scramble to grapple with a surge in Omicron cases, a new variant named 'IHU' has been reported from France with 12 persons...
The World Health Organisation has so far identified 13 Covid-19 variants. These include the deadly Delta and the highly infectious Omicron but also variants...
Virologists and public health experts felt an urgent clampdown was needed to avoid a repeat of such mass gatherings with Covid inappropriate behaviour during...
T K Anil Kumar said the primary and secondary contacts should be identified within 24 hours of reporting of COVID positive case.
The spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to the US Fed being forced to delay the tapering of its bond-buying programme which would have a...
Two Premier League matches have been called off in the last three days due to coronavirus outbreaks at clubs. The league reported on Monday that COVID-19 cases...
