COVID-19

New Delhi: India witnessed an increase of 628 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, contributing to a rise in the active caseload, which reached 4,054, as per the data provided by the Union Health Ministry. The total number of fatalities…
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Bhubaneswar: With COVID rearing its ugly head again, the Odisha government has advised elderly and those with co-morbid conditions to mask up. While no new cases have been detected in Odisha since December 3, when one person had tested…
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New Delhi: Amid the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in India, in the wake of the JN.1 sub-variant of Omicron being detected in the country, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman of the National Indian Medical Association Covid Task Force…
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New Delhi: A total of 21 cases of the new coronavirus variant JN.1 have been detected in India so far, NITI Aayog member (Health) VK Paul said on Wednesday. Goa has reported 19 cases of the new variant, while one case each has been…
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Bengaluru: A rise in COVID-19 cases in Kerala and some other states/union territories (UTs), including detection of the first JN.1 sub-variant case, has compelled the Central government to take notice. Union Health Secretary Sudhansh…
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New Delhi: The anti-terror agency NIA raided 19 locations across four states on Monday morning in connection with the ISIS network. The raids were carried out at 11 locations in Karnataka, four in Jharkhand, three in Maharashtra, and one…
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New Delhi: Newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus have been recently reported to have been detected globally. Dr. PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Monday to review the global and…
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New Delhi: The top US disease control agency is tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in Israel, Denmark and the United States. “CDC is tracking a…
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New Delhi: Following the detection of a new strain of the novel coronavirus, data put out by the World Health Organizations shows an 80 per cent rise in Covid-19 cases around the world. The variant, known as EG.5 or “Eris”, is related…
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