Hantavirus requires prolonged close contact for transmission unlike Covid: Soumya SwaminathanFormer WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan believes the Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is containable. The virus requires prolonge...
09 May, 2026, 09.47 PM IST
Hantavirus outbreak: All about Andes virus strain that can transmit person to person as CDC classifies virus as level 3 emergency responseHantavirus strain that can transmit from person to person -- Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelli...
09 May, 2026, 04.53 AM IST
Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus not known for rapid human transmission, spreads through rodents: ExpertsHantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship with Indian nationals have sparked concerns, but experts declare these infections are confined to ...
08 May, 2026, 07.32 PM IST
New hantavirus case suspected on remote island as contact tracing continuesTristan da Cunha, known for its isolation, has reported a potential hantavirus case linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius. A British travele...
08 May, 2026, 06.53 PM IST
Rare but ruthless: How Hantavirus strikes fast, and should you be concernedA rare hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has drawn global attention after multiple infections and three reported deaths prompted ...
08 May, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship: India monitors situation, no cases on Indian soilThe Union Health Ministry is monitoring hantavirus cases on the cruise ship MV Hondius, where three deaths and five confirmed infections ha...
08 May, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThree passengers died from hantavirus after a cruise. The World Health Organization believes the outbreak will be limited if precautions ar...
07 May, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
China records drop in new daily COVID casesOn Monday, China posted a record daily high of 40,347 cases - 3,822 symptomatic and 36,525 asymptomatic infections, which China counts sepa...
29 Nov, 2022, 08.32 AM IST
China reports another daily record of COVID cases as protests ripple across the countryExcluding imported infections, China reported 40,052 new local cases, of which 3,748 were symptomatic and 36,304 were asymptomatic, up from...
28 Nov, 2022, 07.54 AM IST
China reports 9,005 new COVID cases for November 9 vs 8,335 a day earlierThere were no new deaths, same as a day earlier, keeping fatalities at 5,226. As of Nov. 9, mainland China had confirmed 267,544 cases with...
10 Nov, 2022, 08.03 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine linked with fewer asymptomatic infections, shows studyThe study involved 5,217 St. Jude employees who were eligible under Tennessee state guidelines for vaccination between December 17, 2020, a...
07 May, 2021, 05.49 PM IST
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine may prevent asymptomatic infectionThe vaccine maker said in briefing documents it submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released on Tuesday that it had not yet ...
15 Dec, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
Most people infected with novel coronavirus develop symptoms: StudyThe latest study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, suggests that true asymptomatic cases of SARS-CoV-2 comprise a minority of infect...
23 Sep, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, suggested that asymptomatic people may account for approximately 40 to ...
13 Jun, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
China to reveal a key Covid-19 finding: People with no symptomsThe exclusion from official data of people infected but without symptoms has come up repeatedly since the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan.
02 Apr, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
China starts to report asymptomatic coronavirus casesAsymptomatic infections would not cause a major outbreak if the transmission chain was cut, the Chinese government’s senior medical adviser...
02 Apr, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
China reveals 1,541 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases amid concerns of second wave of infectionsIn a surprise announcement on Tuesday, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said it would begin to release the data of asymptomatic pat...
01 Apr, 2020, 02.53 PM IST