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An artist paints a mural based on Covid-19 coronavirus safety protocols on the walls of an underpass during an ongoing weekend curfew imposed in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

India records over 2.58 Lakh Covid cases, Omicron cases cross 8K mark

The death toll has climbed to 4,86,451 with 385 daily fatalities

17 Jan 2022 10:19 AM IST

A health worker prepares to collect a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a community hall in Hyderabad. (Photo: AFP)

One in every 22 tests is COVID positive in Telangana

Deaths from Covid too appear to be rising from one or two a day that is normally declared by the health department

17 Jan 2022 6:38 AM IST

A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France. (Photo: AP)

Omicron a -'deviant-' from Covid pandemic progression script:...

Omicron, the highly infectious variant of coronavirus, is driving the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India

16 Jan 2022 2:34 PM IST

Sarojni Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Over 2.71 lakh fresh Covid cases in India, Omicron tally at 7,743

Experts stressed that this third wave is largely being driven by Omicron variant

16 Jan 2022 10:31 AM IST

The government has directed all district collectors to open Covid Care Centres in their districts based on requirements. (PTI file photo)

AP gears up to meet rise in Covid cases

Out of 43,000 beds being readied, 28,000 to have oxygen and ventilator facilities

14 Jan 2022 11:58 PM IST

A health worker prepares to administer the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a police officer at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports over 2.64 lakh Covid infections, highest in 239 days

The country-'s Omicron tally stands at 5,753, 4.83 per cent increase since Thursday

14 Jan 2022 10:12 AM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab samples of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT Station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19 testing is necessary to break the chain of transmission, says...

Out of the fresh infections of COVID-19 logged in the last 24 hours in the country, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was...

13 Jan 2022 5:29 PM IST

Volunteers in personal protective equipment (PPE) suits and relative perform the last rites during the cremation of a person who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a cremation ground in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron more infectious than Delta variant: Medanta Hospital senior...

Omicron shows higher vaccine unresponsiveness and vaccine failure, the surgeon said

13 Jan 2022 4:42 PM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab samples of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT Station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Single day rise of 2,47,417 Covid cases reported in India, Omicron...

The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the highest so far

13 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

Union health ministry secretary Rajesh Bhushan urged the chief secretaries to direct their departments to ensure adequate buffer stocks of medical oxygen for at least 48 hours and reinvigorate oxygen control rooms. (Photo:PTI)

Centre tells states to keep oxygen ready as COVID cases near 2 lakh a...

Rajesh Bhushan urged the chief secretaries to direct their departments to ensure adequate buffer stocks of medical...

13 Jan 2022 1:40 AM IST

A worker wearing protective equipment stands inside a temporary COVID-19 testing laboratory in northern Chinas Tianjin Municipality. (Photo: AP)

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO

Omicron is becoming the dominant variant that is being detected

12 Jan 2022 10:05 AM IST

Migrants send bikes through train, leave city by road

Migrants send bikes through train, leave city by road

Migrant workers have already vacated their rented houses and left for their native places with their families by road

11 Jan 2022 11:57 PM IST