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People wearing masks wait to get vaccinated for COVID-19 outside a school in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

Kerala logs 50 fresh cases of Omicron

According to the release, 32 of the Omicron infected persons had come from the UAE

6 Jan 2022 4:57 PM IST

A crowded platform at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Don-'t let your guard down thinking Omicron is mild infection, warns...

Dr PS Chandra further said the Omicron virus is highly infectious and it is going to increase the herd immunity

6 Jan 2022 3:32 PM IST

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Over 90,000 new Covid infections, 495 Omicron cases in India

Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, and...

6 Jan 2022 10:01 AM IST

A student poses for photographs after being administered with a COVID-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India sees single-day rise of 58,097 new Covid infections, 2,135 cases...

The death toll has climbed to 4,82,551 with 534 daily fatalities

5 Jan 2022 10:27 AM IST

People walk past a Covid-19 testing station on January 4, 2022, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Soaring Omicron could lead to more dangerous variants, WHO warns

Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron...

5 Jan 2022 10:23 AM IST

A health worker (background R) inoculates a youth with a Covaxin dose against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive for youths in the 15-18 age group at a school in Kolkata. (Photo: AFP)

Antibody cocktail not useful for most patients with Omicron: Experts

Doctors in Kolkata believe that the formula of antibody cocktail is not useful for the Omicron variant of coronavirus

5 Jan 2022 9:24 AM IST

A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing of a woman amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron in 81 per cent of Covid samples tested, says Delhi health...

Of the latest 187 Covid samples tested, 152 had Omicron and 8.5 per cent had Delta, he told the Delhi Assembly

3 Jan 2022 2:47 PM IST

Airline passengers wearing face masks wait to collect bags from a baggage carousel at the Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) on January 2, 2022 in Las Vegas, California. (Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)

US air travel still messy, with another 2,600 flights scrapped

Around the world, air traffic has suffered snarls since Xmas because of airline staffing issues linked to the spread of...

3 Jan 2022 10:57 AM IST

A man assists a child to use hand sanitizer as a precaution against coronavirus before entering at an Industrial exhibition in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports 33,750 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally rises to 1,700

Maharashtra is the worst-affected state with 510 cases, followed by Delhi with 351

3 Jan 2022 10:13 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI)

Most COVID-19 cases are mild, do not need hospitalisation: Kejriwal

The CM presented data to show that despite an increase in the number of cases, bed occupancy in hospitals is even lesser...

2 Jan 2022 1:10 PM IST

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday informed that more than 10 ministers and at least 20 MLAs in the state have tested positive for Covid so far. (ANI file image)

10 ministers, 20 MLAs in Maharashtra down with COVID-19

Former Maharashtra minister and BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde too tested positive for the Omicron variant of...

2 Jan 2022 8:49 AM IST

Nurses prepare a COVID-19 vaccination ward for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years, at Thane Civil Hospital on Saturday. (PTI)

Government asks states to set up makeshift hospitals

Mansukh Mandaviya requested people to register eligible children in their families for vaccination for children that...

2 Jan 2022 8:41 AM IST