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With the rising Omicron cases in mind, the government has established COVID-19 Care Centres at three places in the city. (PTI file image)

COVID-19: Omicron cases rise to 28 in Andhra Pradesh

A 14-year-old girl in Guntur district, a contact of a foreign traveller, also tested positive, Hymavathi said

5 Jan 2022 12:24 PM

Medical staff take swab samples of passengers for a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening upon his arrival at a railway platform in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

India reports first Omicron death in Rajasthan

Union health ministry on Wednesday released revised guidelines for home isolation for mild and asymptomatic infections

5 Jan 2022 8:17 AM

A student poses for photographs after being administered with a COVID-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India sees single-day rise of 58,097 new Covid infections, 2,135 cases...

The death toll has climbed to 4,82,551 with 534 daily fatalities

5 Jan 2022 4:57 AM

A health worker (background R) inoculates a youth with a Covaxin dose against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive for youths in the 15-18 age group at a school in Kolkata. (Photo: AFP)

Antibody cocktail not useful for most patients with Omicron: Experts

Doctors in Kolkata believe that the formula of antibody cocktail is not useful for the Omicron variant of coronavirus

5 Jan 2022 3:54 AM

Doctors maintain that as the state government is getting ready to face the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic, services of these experienced doctors will come in handy in case the situation deteriorates. (Photo:PTI)

Surge in cases indicative of third Covid wave in India: Expert

There are some epidemiological similarities between South Africa and India

4 Jan 2022 6:07 AM

Volunteers hand out boxes of Covid-19 antigen Lateral Flow Tests (LFT), in north east London on January 3, 2022. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Omicron cases are hitting highs, but new data puts end in sight

A combination of widespread immunity and numerous mutations have resulted in a virus that causes far less severe disease

4 Jan 2022 5:26 AM

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Omicron scare: AP health experts suggest quarantine of international...

They suggested that the international arrivals be quarantined at airports and seaports for a period ranging from seven...

3 Jan 2022 6:51 PM

A medical worker takes swab sample of a boy for COVID-19 test at Government Fever Hospital in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Telangana set for Covid explosion; cases double overnight

There has been an unsettling overnight rise in Covid cases in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts

3 Jan 2022 6:45 PM

The Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) is confining crews and officials to ships coming from abroad in view of the scare over the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of the Coronavirus. (Representatonal Photo: PTI)

Foreign crew confined to ships

VPA is confining crews and officials to ships coming from abroad in view of the scare over the rapidly-spreading Omicron...

3 Jan 2022 6:38 PM

A student takes a selfie as a health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers in Thane, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (PTI)

Over 40 lakh 15-18 children given COVID-19 vaccine doses on first day

The Centre will also decide within the next two to three days which vaccine should be administered as a precaution dose

3 Jan 2022 10:41 AM

A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing of a woman amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron in 81 per cent of Covid samples tested, says Delhi health...

Of the latest 187 Covid samples tested, 152 had Omicron and 8.5 per cent had Delta, he told the Delhi Assembly

3 Jan 2022 9:17 AM

Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao at the launch of Covid-19 vaccination drive for 15-18 year olds on Monday. The drive was formally launched at the Urban Primary Health Centre in Banjara Hills. (DC Image)

Minister Harish Rao launches vaccination drive for 15-18 age group in...

The Health Minister appealed to all parents, college managements to ensure that everyone in the 15 to 18-year age group...

3 Jan 2022 7:18 AM