Virus Scare

In the northern part of India, XBB was prevalent, whereas, in the eastern part, BA.2.75 was the prevalent sub-lineage.

New Delhi: China has not taken kindly to the fresh COVID test requirements by around a dozen countries on passengers travelling abroad from its territory. Condemning the requirements, it has...

New Delhi: There is a growing concern worldwide following Beijing's admission that the scale of the COVID-19 outbreak has become "impossible" to track after the end of mandatory mass testing...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has allayed fear of any threat to FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 due to Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5. Speaking to media persons on Monday, Niranjan Mishra,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has written to the Centre for fresh stock of COVID vaccines to recommence vaccination of precaution dose to the left out people in the state. In...

New Delhi: A tourist from Argentina, who had come to visit the Taj Mahal and tested positive for COVID-19 on December 26, has gone missing, said Chief Medical Officer (CMO)...

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India has offered two crore doses of the Covishield vaccine to the central government free of cost amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in...

New Delhi: India is on alert in the wake of an explosion of COVID-19 cases in countries like China, Korea and Japan, with the Central government putting in place measures...

Sources in the Union Health Ministry said that the next 40 days are going to be crucial as India may see a surge in Covid-19 cases in January.

New Delhi:  There is no need for panic over the fresh outbreak in China that has rung alarm bells across the world. India is just going through "precautionary and pre-emptive"...