Noted virologist Shahid Jameel said the notion that Omicron is a natural vaccine is a dangerous idea spread by irresponsible people. "It br...

The R-value is a tool epidemiologists and policy makers use to check if cases are growing faster or shrinking quickly. The reproduction fac...

The third wave of Covid-19 has not yet hit India and the ongoing surge in cases in certain regions such as Kerala and northeast India is pa...

Indian Council of Medical Research director general Balram Bhargava termed the finding a “silver lining” in the country’s fight against the...

In the week from May 10 to May 16, India’s death ratio was 1.05%. It increased to 1.1% in the May 17-23 week and then to 1.17% in the May 2...

The national Covid-19 death ratio was 1% in the week ending May 7 and rose steadily through the month as the second wave peaked in mid-May....

In the last 24 hours, 186,364 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the country. Of this, 101,522, or 55%, were from the five southern states...

The state had conducted 97,236 tests on Monday out of which 38,603 people were found to be positive whereas on Tuesday 93,247 tests were do...

But not everyone is as keen. Jash Jain, 18, who is currently prepping for medical entrance exams, says, “My grandfather, who has taken his ...

"Technical advisory committee in their report has said till May end...till May-end we have to take things seriously and together fight it (...

Over 470 children below the age of 10 have been infected with COVID-19, since the beginning of this month in Bengaluru, as the city is witn...

A total of 1,492,409 tests were conducted as of 8 am on Friday, according to data on the health ministry website. Cumulatively, over 6.89 m...

In India with the country in lockdown, we only are made aware of few clusters, namely, in Nizamuddin, Chennai vegetable market, Nanded pilg...

The country at present is definitely at a lower trajectory in terms of COVID-19 deaths compared to anywhere in the world which means it has...

Professor and Head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India, Giridhara R Babu said the coronavirus is in comple...

Iqbal Singh Chahal’s task as BMC chief will be to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control.

Maharashtra has seen 16-fold jump in number of positive cases since March 26, whereas Kerala appears to be flattening the curve. In Kerala,...