COVID-19

Mumbai: India recorded what could be the country’s first Omicron death on Thursday, according to news reports. The Omicron variant was detected in the samples of a 52-year-old man, who...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Commissionerate of Police jointly raided and sealed several restaurants and eateries across the city for violating COVID norms. According to reports, Khao Gali...

Puri: In a strange development, a COVID-19 vaccine vial was allegedly found in a betel (paan) shop here on Thursday. The matter is surprising because COVID vaccines are completely regulated...

New Delhi: Amid a surge in Omicron cases, the Central government on Thursday wrote to eight states advising them to ramp up preparedness to face an impending third wave of...

New Delhi: Delhi has surpassed Maharashtra as India’s Omicron ‘hotspot’ with the number of cases doubling in a day to reach 263. There is cause for concern as Delhi Health...

London: As Omicron spreads far and wide, studies and analysis on the new variant of coronavirus continue across the world. Besides its exact nature and effect on vaccines, researchers have...

New Delhi: Omicron cases in India inched closer to the four-digit mark with 180 more people confirmed to have been infected by the new variant of coronavirus in the last...

Bhubaneswar: A day after reports emerged that the state government might reconsider its decision to reopen primary schools in Odisha from January 3, a senior official cleared the confusion and...

Mumbai: Section 144 has been imposed in Mumbai from December 30 to January 7 amid rising COVID and Omicron cases. Mumbai recorded 2,510 COVID cases over the last 24 hours....

Geneva: WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has urged people to get vaccinated if they haven’t already, saying that it appears that vaccines are still proving to be effective against...