COVID-19

New York: The new COVID-19 variant found in South Africa has set off a global alarm, because it has multiple mutants. In fact, European nations like Germany, Britain, Italy and...

Tel Aviv: The new COVID-19 variant with multiple mutants has been detected in Israel. The Israeli Health ministry said on Friday that it has detected the country’s first case of...

Johannesburg: South African scientists said they had detected a new Covid-19 variant that has a large number of mutations and blamed it for a surge in infection numbers on Thursday....

Washington: Dr Anthony Fauci believes that COVID-19 can’t be eradicated. In fact, America’s leading infectious disease official doubts whether the coronavirus disease can be eliminated, like other diseases including polio...

Mumbai: Actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood has responded to a Twitter SOS about choreographer K Sivasankar, who is critically ill with COVID-19. The family is struggling to pay the medical...

New Delhi: Two doses of India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin are 50 per cent effective against the symptomatic disease, revealed the first real-world assessment published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Randeep Guleria said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 third wave may not be as severe as the first two waves...

Sambalpur: Twenty-two MBBS first-year students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, in Odisha's Sambalpur district have tested COVID-19 positive. The students apparently developed symptoms...

Chennai: Actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan tested COVID-positive on Monday and has been admitted to a hospital. The Makkal Needhi Maiam president himself gave the information and urged everyone to be...

New Delhi: Prolonged closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected the education system but also poses a threat to gender equality, a UNESCO study has...