Ebola, hantavirus show world's risk preparedness lagging: Pandemic expertGlobal health crisis response has improved since Covid-19. However, a leading expert warns that awareness of pandemic risks remains low. Re...
20 May, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Is Hantavirus the next COVID-like threat? Experts explain the real risks & warning signs you should never ignoreHantavirus Outbreak: A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sparks Covid-19 comparisons. Experts clarify hantavirus is distinct, with limit...
12 May, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
Covid entering endemic stage in India, cases likely to start subsiding after 10-12 daysThe current rise in Covid cases is being driven by XBB.1.16, which is a sub variant of Omicron, they added. While Omicron and its sub-linea...
12 Apr, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Delhi reports less than 100 Covid cases, positivity rate dips to 0.88 per centPublic health experts believe that India has become endemic as only a low level of transmission exists in the country. The endemic stage is...
17 Sep, 2022, 10.26 PM IST
Covid is endemic, but it's not time yet to take off that maskVirologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxford, said Covid-19 is endemic in not just India but most of the world. He said the infecti...
09 Sep, 2022, 05.43 AM IST
COVID-19 endemic stage two years away: ReportThe COVID-19 disease may reach endemic stage in the US in at least two years, according to a study conducted in rats. To develop a better u...
06 Jul, 2022, 03.58 PM IST
Threat of large severe Covid waves is on the wane in India: Experts“Endemicity requires that the virus stay with us, and that its behaviour is predictable even if there are periodic outbreaks,” said K Srina...
29 Jun, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
Covid far from becoming endemic: WHOWHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said it was also wrong to think that if Covid-19 did settle down and become endemic, that would mean ...
14 Apr, 2022, 11.38 PM IST
Health mavens say Covid isn't endemic yet"India is moving towards endemicity but will have to watch out for new variants over the coming three-four months," said K Srinath Reddy, p...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
WHO is exploring when and how to declare the end of Covid emergencyThe WHO said it isn’t currently considering such a declaration. While cases have fallen in many places, fatalities have spiked in Hong Kong...
12 Mar, 2022, 02.07 PM IST
- Endemic as endgame?
Several potential definitions of the transition from pandemic to endemic phase are possible. Epidemiologically, Covid-19 can be defined as ...
12 Mar, 2022, 01.17 AM IST
Covid can be said to have become endemic only after 4 weeks of consistently low cases: Virologist Dr T Jacob John"When case numbers in a community are plotted on graphs, the pattern of rise, peak and fall represent epidemic (or outbreak) and case numbe...
15 Feb, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO saysPublic health officials have warned it is highly unlikely COVID-19 will be eliminated and say it will continue to kill people, though at mu...
20 Jan, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO saysDr Michael Ryan, speaking during a panel discussion on vaccine equity hosted by the World Economic Forum, said "we may never end the virus"...
18 Jan, 2022, 11.46 PM IST
From pandemic to endemic: Can 2022 succeed where 2021 failed?The appetite for economically damaging lockdowns is long gone. Vaccines are protecting swathes of the population, and there is even hope th...
15 Jan, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Covid may be heading towards endemicity in India, local flare-ups may form 3rd wave: Vaccinologist Gagandeep KangThe endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus. It is very different from the epidemic stage when the virus overwhelms ...
20 Sep, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
Coronavirus nearing 'endemic' phase in Delhi, says Satyendar Jain"Coronavirus is nearing an endemic phase in Delhi. Experts say some cases continue to occur in the endemic phase. Delhi witnessed a swine f...
07 Mar, 2021, 06.28 PM IST