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A healthcare worker shows the collected swab samples of people for Covid-19 test, in Gurugram, (PTI)

Eris Covid-19 Subvariant Not a Concern, say doctors

Hyderabad: Doctors dismissed the latest Covid-19 variant Eris, or EG.5.1, as being a serious cause for concern even as...

9 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

An employee of the the Dutch Municipal Health Service hands out free Covid-19 self-test kits to travelers arriving from China, at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport on January 4, 2023. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen /AFP)

EU advises pre-flight Covid tests on passengers from China

The Chinese government and European health experts have said there is no pressing need for any blanket restrictions on...

5 Jan 2023 8:57 AM IST

$Education secretary Vakati Karuna stated that generic cautionary messages have been conveyed to schools, instructing students to maintain social distance, wash their hands frequently, and wear masks in crowded spaces. \No specific guidelines have been issued. (DC)$ Nation

Omicron scare brings back Covid protocols in schools

Hyderabad: With the new Omicron variant spreading across the world, the education department officials have directed...

29 Dec 2022 12:28 AM IST

An air passengers undergo gives sample for the COVID-19 tests at the airport, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

-'India develops herd immunity; BF.7 variant may not be as serious as...

The official said the -'Zero Covid Policy-' followed by China is one of the reasons for the outbreak of the infection in...

25 Dec 2022 12:02 PM IST

A medical staff administers COVID Vaccine to a person at Government ENT Hospital in Visakhapatnam. (Photo: DC/Narasimha Murthy)

Amid Covid warnings, rush for vax increases

Millions yet to take third booster shot

23 Dec 2022 8:28 AM IST

In all, 103 samples from the GHMC limits were sent for genome testing of which 90 were found to be Omicron cases, while 13 were that of the Delta variant of the Coronavirus. (DC file photo)

What do we know about -'stealth omicron-' so far?

Since it was first identified in November, BA.2 has been spreading around the globe, driving new surges in parts of Asia...

12 April 2022 3:48 PM IST

- This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer

The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study also found neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in one of the Omicron-infected deer

7 March 2022 2:01 PM IST

A disguised worker of the Public Health Ministry prepares a Sinovac vaccine againsgt COVID-19 to inoculate a child at the Maria Montessori Initial Education Center, in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

Study finds limited efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron

The research found that only individuals vaccinated with a third or booster dose form antibodies that can partially...

23 Feb 2022 1:11 PM IST

A health worker checks swab samples collected for RTPCR test to detect COVID-19 at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Omicron BA.2 will not cause another COVID-19 surge, says expert

The Expert further said that BA.2 will be more transmissible than BA.1 and has mutated to increase its transmissibility

21 Feb 2022 4:55 PM IST

A medical worker (C) takes a nasal swab sample from a woman at a Covid-19 coronavirus testing centre in Seoul on February 16, 2022, after South Koreas daily infections rose sharply to hit new high of over 90,000. (Photo: AFP)

WHO: New COVID cases drop by 19 per cent globally, deaths stable

Over 16 million new COVID-19 infections and about 75,000 deaths were reported worldwide last week

17 Feb 2022 12:37 AM IST

A soldier prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at the Central market in Guatemala City. (Photo: AFP)

Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: Study

The study tracked the antibodies of vaccinated and recovered individuals for two years

4 Feb 2022 4:30 PM IST

A health worker quenches his thirst during a break while taking nasal swab samples at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports over 1.72 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 1,008 fatalities

A reduction of 87,682 cases was recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours

3 Feb 2022 10:10 AM IST