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...

Geneva: The European head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Tuesday of a “significant surge” in COVID-19 cases as Omicron spreads, and suggested the widespread use of...

Washington: A 50-year-old unvaccinated man is believed to be the first American casualty of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. On Monday, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo confirmed that the 50-year-old...

Dibrugarh: In a timely breakthrough, the Indian Council of Medical Research – Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR-RMRC) centre in Assam’s Dibrugarh has developed a kit that can detect the Omicron...