Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Amid the threat of a renewed COVID surge, the Odisha government is planning to resume random testing and whole genome sequencing of foreign returnees from December 24…

New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday issued guidelines for random screening of international passengers in the wake of a major spike in COVID-19 cases in China and some other…

Agra: India is on alert in the wake of a sharp surge in COVID-positive cases in China and other countries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned that the pandemic is not over yet and…

New Delhi: The Central government clarified on Thursday that it has not received any request from National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to conduct research on the use of Ganga water as a…

Ahmedabad: Adding to India’s concerns over rising COVID cases in several countries, a man who recently returned from China tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar. His…

New Delhi: With cases of coronavirus increasing rapidly in many countries of the world, Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country's top doctors' body, on Thursday appealed to people to…

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha having reported the BF.7 variant of Omicron, believed to be driving the recent surge of cases in China, the state government will be holding a crucial meeting on…

The Health Ministry has also written to the states to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive cases to track the new Covid variant.

New Delhi: Amid a fresh spurt in COVID-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China, and the US, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review the pandemic situation in India on…

Beijing: China is experiencing a massive surge in coronavirus cases after Beijing relaxed the zero-COVID norms. Hospitals are completely overwhelmed, epidemiologist and health economist Eric…