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Nationwide Covid mock drill underway to take stock of preparednessMock drills to assess the preparedness of hospitals in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases are underway at several private and public fac...10 Apr, 2023, 06.47 PM IST- Nationwide drill in hospitals on April 10, 11 to check Covid preparedness, Mandaviya to visit AIIMS JhajjarA nationwide mock drill will be conducted on April 10 and 11 to assess the preparedness of hospitals amid rising COVID-19 cases. Union Heal...09 Apr, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
- WHO closely tracking covid variant triggering spike in India casesThe World Health Organization has added XBB.1.16 to its list of under monitoring variants on 22 March 2023. India is witnessing an uptick i...01 Apr, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
- China okays its first mRNA vaccine, from drugmaker CSPCChina, whose home-grown vaccines are seen as less effective than the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA shots, has been racing to develop vac...22 Mar, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
- Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for over 90% new Covid cases in USXBB.1.5 was estimated to account for 90.2 per cent of all Covid-19 cases in the country in the latest week ending March 18, Xinhua news age...21 Mar, 2023, 06.44 AM IST
- Omicron sub-variant BF.7 found in several Covid-positive samples of int'l passengers: MandaviyaThe health ministry had, on January 9, said the sentinel-sequencing of 324 Covid-positive samples lifted from the community between Decembe...11 Jan, 2023, 09.58 PM IST
- All sub-variants of Omicron detected in India, no rise in mortality: Health ministryAccording to the ministry, sequencing of about 324 Covid-19-positive samples revealed the presence of Omicron variants like BA.2 and its su...10 Jan, 2023, 03.17 PM IST
- Covid variant XBB.1.5 account for over 40pc of cases in USRegionally, XBB.1.5 now accounts for the majority of COVID-19 cases in the northeast, identified as causing 75 percent of cases in New Engl...31 Dec, 2022, 08.50 AM IST
- Covid-19: No new variants seen in China, sequencing efforts strengthenNational, provincial and private health-care authorities in the country have provided nearly 1,000 genetic sequences from infected patients...31 Dec, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
- Not much to worry about? BF.7 variant, linked to China spike, found in 91 nations for up to 2 yearsAccording to data released by the Scripps Research Institute, 91 countries have had a variant matching the genetic make-up and mutation pro...23 Dec, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
- Omicron symptoms: All you need to know about condition brought on by novel subvariantsAfter a year of relief from Covid, Omicron seems to be knocking on the doors again. Its subvariants have similar symptoms like congestion, ...22 Dec, 2022, 02.34 AM IST
- After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worriesThe giant wave ebbed by mid-April. The virus mutated quickly into a series of sub-variants adept at evading immunity. A recent study in the...25 Nov, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
- Will the updated Covid boosters prevent another wave this winter? Experts raise doubtsDesigning a vaccine for an evolving virus is a formidable challenge.19 Nov, 2022, 05.58 PM IST
- XBB and BQ.1: what we know about these two omicron 'cousins'XBB is a hybrid of two omicron BA.2 lineages, BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75. This makes XBB another grandchild of BA.2. XBB and BQ.1 are therefore ...13 Nov, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
- Experts urge caution after detection of BQ.1 strainThey said Covid-19 cases could rise in the coming days due to festivals including Diwali next week. BQ.1 is an offshoot of the Omicron vari...19 Oct, 2022, 01.11 AM IST
- Covid cases jump in UK: What’s triggering it, what to do?The Covid infections have been rising in several parts of the UK. So, it is time to take a look at the reasons behind the new wave, what ca...07 Oct, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
- Flipkart spent $1.1 billion in six months: Walmart filingsWalmart makes regulatory disclosures of cash and cash equivalent for Flipkart in its filings to the SEC. The cash spent by Flipkart include...07 Oct, 2022, 10.23 AM IST
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