COVID-19

Lucknow: Keeping in mind how assembly elections in some states during April-May had added fuel to the fire triggered by the COVID-19 second wave and an impending Omicron-triggered third wave...

New Delhi: For the first time since the new variant of coronavirus surfaced a month ago, India logged over 100 Omicron cases in a day. According to data shared by...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Centre to work in close coordination with states and support their efforts of public health measures towards containment and management of COVID-19...

Chennai: Till Wednesday, Tamil Nadu had reported just 1 Omicron case. Overnight, that number has gone up to 34 as samples of 33 persons, including international travellers and their contacts,...

London: The UK, among countries which have been hit hard by Omicron, reported more than 100,000 COVID-positive cases in the last 24 hours for the first time. The 106,122 new...

Bengaluru: Four persons of a family have been confirmed to have tested positive for Omicron at an apartment here on Thursday as India’s tally reached 260. A 26-year-old traveller from...

Washington: Data from two studies suggests that COVID-19 patients infected with the fast-spreading Omicron variant are less likely to require hospitalisation compared to those infected by the deadly Delta variant....

Bengaluru: The first Omicron-positive cases were detected in Bengaluru, with one South Africa returnee and a doctor found to have been infected by the new variant of coronavirus. Now six...

New Delhi: The Union government is not taking the rapid spread of Omicron cases in India lightly, especially with Christmas and New Year eve round the corner. Prime Minister Narendra...

New Delhi: Omicron cases in India zoomed past 200 on Wednesday, adding fuel to the theory that a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is round the corner. How has...