New all-in-one vaccine may prove effective against all coronavirusesScientists from Oxford and Cambridge universities have developed a new all-in-one vaccine that can protect humans against a broad range of ...
06 May, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
Maha reports 249 COVID-19 cases, one death; active cases rise to 1,164As many as 113 patients recovered from coronavirus infection since previous evening, taking the cumulative recoveries to 79,89,909. The rec...
19 Mar, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
Antibodies against coronavirus 'coldspots' discovered, may fight future coronaviruses: StudyAccording to the study, sieving through over 10 million coronavirus sequences, two PhD students at the Institute for Research in Biomedicin...
27 Jan, 2023, 12.42 PM IST
COVID cases drop 9% globally last week, deaths stableWHO has previously warned that recent surveillance of COVID-19 has been severely compromised by countries reducing their testing, reporting...
04 Aug, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
COVID in UK at record levels with almost 5 million infectedHospitalisations and death rates are again rising, although the number of people dying with COVID-19 is still relatively low compared with ...
02 Apr, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
IMF delays release of new forecast to January 25 to factor in COVID-19 developments“The World Economic Outlook update will be launched on January 25 to allow our teams to incorporate the latest developments related to the ...
05 Jan, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
UK reports over 100 new cases of Omicron COVID variantThe early indications are that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is more transmissible than Delta, said British Prime Minister Boris Johns...
08 Dec, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
Delhi govt extends COVID quarantine guidelines for UK returnees till January 31"The situation has now been reviewed and to contain the increased transmissibility of new variant, it has been decided that aforesaid DDMA ...
14 Jan, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
Sri Lanka coronavirus prison riot leaves 8 dead, over 50 woundedThe incident comes as pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. Inmates have staged protests in recent w...
30 Nov, 2020, 01.29 PM IST
President-elect Biden vows virus action on 'day one' as Europe suffers under second waveGlobal infections have surged past 49 million and Europe has become the new pandemic epicentre in recent weeks with more than 300,000 death...
08 Nov, 2020, 02.13 AM IST
US records 820 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: TrackerThe latest toll, marked at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Monday), was the lowest since 776 daily deaths were recorded on May 10, but the count ranged a...
18 May, 2020, 07.34 AM IST
Wimbledon cancelled for first time since WWIIWimbledon was due to run for two weeks from June 29, with Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep set to defend their singles titles. But tournamen...
01 Apr, 2020, 10.36 PM IST
COVID-19 cases in AP rises to 12 as one more tests positiveThe person came in contact with the coronavirus patient on March 17 and developed symptoms. He was kept in isolation four days later and on...
27 Mar, 2020, 12.01 PM IST
14 days isolation in some coronavirus cases may not be enough: StudyCurrently, the World Health Organisation advises 14 days of quarantine for people who may have come in contact with other Covid-19 patients...
22 Mar, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
For how long can India remain safe from coronavirus? Fear spikes after new dataCoronavirus has so far affected India's manufacturing and exports sectors — notably medicines, electronics, textiles and chemicals. The gov...
21 Mar, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
Parliament cancels visitors passes in view of coronavirusFollowing the Holi break that ended on March 11, the Parliament has decided not to allow visitors inside the house, and to stop the tours o...
12 Mar, 2020, 02.14 PM IST
Soaps vs sanitizers conundrum: What fights coronavirus betterThe hands must be thoroughly scrubbed, making sure that the back is not left out.
09 Mar, 2020, 11.13 AM IST