US to lift most federal Covid 19 vaccine mandates next weekVaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well as foreign air travelers to the U.S., will end May 11. The govern...
02 May, 2023, 07.40 AM IST
US set to lift COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers from China: SourceLast week, Japan dropped a requirement that everyone take a test for the virus upon arrival from China. The source told Reuters the United ...
08 Mar, 2023, 07.38 AM IST
US adds units of China's BGI, Inspur to trade blacklistThe Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, added BGI Research and BGI Tech Solutions (Hongkong), over allegations that the un...
03 Mar, 2023, 08.26 AM 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
US will require COVID-19 testing for travelers from ChinaThe increase in cases across China follows the rollback of the nation's strict anti-virus controls. China's "zero COVID" policies had kept ...
29 Dec, 2022, 11.18 AM IST
INSACOG confirms first case of Omicron subvariant BA.4 in IndiaINSACOG has also conducted a meeting and discussed the BA.4, the group of genetic laboratories are currently working to identify new varian...
20 May, 2022, 07.43 PM IST
Covid-19: Experts worry about how US will see next surge comingAs Covid-19 infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U. Despite disease m...
25 Mar, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
UK virus hunting labs seeks to bolster global variant networkThe omicron variant now fueling a new wave of infection around the world shows the need for global cooperation, said Ewan Harrison, a senio...
13 Jan, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
New variant ‘IHU’ identified: Is the B.1.640.2 strain riskier than Delta or Omicron?So far, a dozen IHU cases have been reported in Southern France.
07 Jan, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
When to take a rapid antigen or RT-PCR test for COVID?Two tests -- RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests -- are used to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.
17 Dec, 2021, 08.21 PM IST
India's struggle to track new Covid variants could worsen crisisThe bad news is it won’t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the urgency of mapp...
06 May, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
The big question: Can India find a way out of its Covid nightmare?"To bring things under control, you want to vaccinate more people on a daily basis than the number of new infections. Remember that a perso...
03 May, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
There’s a new virus variant in India. How worried should we be?The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the wo...
19 Apr, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar suggests 9-point formula to decisively defeat covid globallyAddressing the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar outlined nine points for consideration of the international comm...
17 Feb, 2021, 11.57 PM IST
News of Chinese lab creating 'anthrax-like pathogens' in Pakistan 'fake': Foreign OfficeThe Wuhan Institute of Virology has drawn the international spotlight in recent months because the novel coronavirus is thought to have ori...
26 Jul, 2020, 06.22 PM IST
The world wasn't prepared for COVID-19: In future, AI will curb the next pandemicAI can play a huge role in predicting an outbreak and also minimising or stalling its spread.
28 Mar, 2020, 10.46 AM IST
Peter Thiel missed out on China. Now he’s betting on patriotismA persistent view Thiel has held is that China doesn’t make it easy for foreigners to buy a stake in the country’s prosperity.
02 Aug, 2019, 11.43 AM IST