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World Health Organisation (WHO) European director Hans Kluge, speaks during a joint press conference (AFP file photo)

Europe could be headed for pandemic -'endgame-': WHO

The WHO regional office for Africa also said last week that cases of Covid had plummeted in that region and deaths were...

24 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

People visit a crowded market area in front of the historic Charminar amid rise in COVID-19 cases, in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India logs over 3 lakh new Covid cases, active caseload highest in 241...

An increase of 62,130 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours

24 Jan 2022 10:00 AM IST

A file photo of young boy getting covid test in Hyderabad. (DC)

Significant fall in new COVID cases across Telangana

The health department reported 3,603 new cases on Sunday as against Saturdayâ€™s 4,393

23 Jan 2022 11:11 PM IST

While arrivals from India had triggered the risk assessment, Prime Minister Ardern said the Government would be looking at risks posed by other COVID-19 hotspot countries. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding due to Omicron surge

New Zealanders are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions after nine cases of the omicron variant were detected in a...

23 Jan 2022 12:13 PM IST

A healthworker prepares an oxygen triage facility for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge, at Omandurar Government hospital in Chennai, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. (PTI Photo/ R Senthil Kumar)

Omicron enters community transmission, metros in grip

It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in the country

23 Jan 2022 12:12 PM IST

Traffic police personnel block a road during an intensified lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus disease, in Chennai. (Photo: PTI/File)

Tamil Nadu to enforce Sunday lockdown; no new curbs

Students of Classes nine and ten have also been included in the ration supply process, which on the whole would benefit...

22 Jan 2022 1:12 AM IST

Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar. (Photo:@TelanganaCS)

Third fever survey kicks off in Telangana; CS allays COVID fears

CS Somesh Kumar told reporters that the exercise was to catch anyone with symptoms early, and offer treatment by...

22 Jan 2022 1:08 AM IST

A medic shows a vial of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine during its launch in Gurugram. (Photo: PTI/File)

Sputnik V Covid vaccine shows higher Omicron-specific antibodies than...

RBD is a key part of a virus located on its -'spike-' protein that allows it to enter and infect the human cells

21 Jan 2022 1:00 PM IST

Medics attend to a patient at the Covid Care Centre of Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (PTI)

India reports 3,47,254 new COVID cases, 703 deaths

The active cases have increased to 20,18,825, the highest in 235 days

21 Jan 2022 10:48 AM IST

The department said on Saturday, it found another 188 Covid-19 cases in the state, adding that one more person succumbed to the disease. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Both Omicron & Delta variants causing surge in COVID-19 cases: Kerala...

Urging people to avoid unnecessary hospital visits, she said aged people and those having co-morbidities should take...

19 Jan 2022 2:54 PM IST

Workers and residents stand near a nuclei test station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

China media say foreign parcels suspected in new COVID infections

China has repeatedly emphasized the danger of infection from packaging, despite only trace amounts of the virus being...

18 Jan 2022 1:14 PM IST

The country saw over 90,000 total hospital admissions for children 17 years old and under from August 1, 2020 to January 13, 2022, CDC data showed. (Representational Image/AP)

US sees highest rate of children COVID-19 hospitalizations

The highest hospitalization rates among all children are in those ages newborn to 4 years, who are not yet eligible for...

17 Jan 2022 1:03 PM IST