New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant hits US: What BA.3.2 means and why experts are watchingThe BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, nicknamed “Cicada,” has emerged in the United States and multiple countries, prompting close monitoring by the...
26 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
India logs 1,513 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1, according to INSACOG dataMaharashtra and Karnataka have the highest number of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 cases in India, according to INSACOG. Other states with sign...
21 Jan, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
India logs 1,378 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1: INSACOGA total of 1,378 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been recorded in India, with Maharashtra and Karnataka having the highest number o...
19 Jan, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
India logs 1,200 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1 so far: INSACOGA total of 1,200 cases of the COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in India, with Nagaland being the latest among the 17 states and...
13 Jan, 2024, 06.43 PM IST
Number of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 cases crosses 1,000 mark in IndiaThe states have been urged to ensure effective compliance with the detailed operational guidelines for the revised surveillance strategy fo...
12 Jan, 2024, 07.23 PM IST
923 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1 reported from 15 states: INSACOGTelangana and Rajasthan have recorded 32 JN.1 cases each, Chhattisgarh has recorded 25, Tamil Nadu 22, Delhi 16, Haryana five, Odisha three...
11 Jan, 2024, 10.27 PM IST
Five people succumb to Covid in last 24 hours, 511 cases of JN.1 series variant reported till January 2602 new cases have been registered in the last 24 hours, and the total number of cases stood at cases are 4,50,15,136, the Ministry of Heal...
03 Jan, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
COVID-19: 32 fresh cases reported in Greater Mumbai areaThe total number of active cases is 148, with no detection of the JN.1 variant. It's noted that 51% of these cases are asymptomatic, and th...
30 Dec, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
Singapore reported 965 Covid-19 cases in past weekSingapore reported a spike in COVID-19 cases, with 965 new cases and 32 ICU admissions, the highest in 2023. Most cases involve the JN.1 Om...
22 Dec, 2023, 06.54 AM IST
India's Covid vaccination is not over yet, Government still has stock of 3 cr vaccinesWhile emphasizing the country's further vaccination drive, Sources told ANI that the procurement of vaccination isn't required as of now, b...
17 Oct, 2022, 07.23 AM IST
New COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected in countries like India: WHOOn the emergence of the potential Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in a video posted on Twitter tha...
07 Jul, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
'Genome sequencing has not found any new Covid variant'The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.32% and the weekly positivity rate at 2.62%, the ministry said. K Srinath Reddy, president, Pub...
21 Jun, 2022, 01.24 AM IST
Surge in Covid cases: States, UTs asked to submit 'larger number' of samples for whole genome sequencingThirty-two districts in India including 11 from Kerala and five from Maharashtra are reporting a weekly Covid positivity rate of more than ...
18 Jun, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Maharashtra COVID-19 surge continues, state adds 2,956 cases, 4 deaths; active tally tops 18,000On Monday, the state had recorded 1,885 cases and one fatality. The bulletin said 2,165 patients recovered from the infection in the last 2...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
99.5 pc samples found infected with Omicron sub-variants in Mumbai: BMCThe civic body said 279 COVID-19 samples were examined in the 12th series batch at the Genome Sequencing Lab in BMC-run Kasturba Hospital. ...
13 Jun, 2022, 10.07 PM IST
Covid-19 Omicron XE: What does 'recombinant' mean and how fast does this variant spread?XE has also been identified in India, China and Thailand.
19 Apr, 2022, 08.47 AM IST
What's the new Omicron XE variant and should I be worried?A "recombinant" variant has emerged, dubbed "Omicron XE", which is the result of two omicron strains merging together in a single host and ...
18 Apr, 2022, 08.55 AM IST