US reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning travellerThe infected person was identified as a traveller who had returned from South Africa on Nov. 22, developed mild symptoms and tested positiv...
02 Dec, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
These countries have made vaccines mandatoryA sharp upturn in infections caused by the Delta variant and a slowdown in vaccinations have pushed governments to make COVID-19 shots mand...
10 Nov, 2021, 05.58 PM IST
Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levelsThe daily average number of cases has fallen by 36% over the past three months, according to a Reuters analysis, but the virus is still inf...
08 Nov, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
Global COVID-19 cases near 250 million as Delta surge easesEven though the spread has slowed, the virus is still infecting 50 million people every 90 days due to the highly transmissible Delta varia...
07 Nov, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
Soaking up the sun! People feel 'alive again' as Greece reopens restaurants, terrace cafes after six months of shutdownGreece has been under Covid restrictions, including a curfew, since November.
03 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
WHO warns pandemic at 'critical point' as South Asia cases surgeIndia on Monday overtook Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of infections, after logging more than 168,000 new cases in a...
12 Apr, 2021, 09.25 PM IST
Covid vaccine 'passports' may open the world, but divide the societyIt raises the prospect of dividing the world along the lines of wealth and vaccine access.
26 Feb, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
Vaccine breakthrough from Moderna lifts global hopes against coronavirus pandemicThe news from the US biotech firm Moderna comes after similar results were announced last week for a vaccine candidate developed by pharma ...
17 Nov, 2020, 09.51 AM IST
Europe tightens restrictions as coronavirus hospitalizations riseNew measures took effect Tuesday in Austria, Greece and Sweden, following a partial shutdown imposed in Germany Monday and tighter rules in...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.47 AM IST
Europe's coronavirus infections top 11 million; Austria, Greece impose shutdownsStill reeling from a deadly shooting spree in the streets of Vienna on Monday evening, Austria went into partial lockdown while Greece shut...
03 Nov, 2020, 09.44 PM IST
Germany starts 'wave-breaker' shutdown as Europe locks downGermany has became the latest European country to embark on a partial shutdown as authorities across the continent scramble to flatten a ra...
02 Nov, 2020, 08.48 PM IST
Shares, currencies tentative as attention shifts to US election, stimulusMSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was a shade weaker, though it was not too far from a June 2018 peak at 568.84. A...
21 Sep, 2020, 07.40 AM IST
Latin America logs 70,000 coronavirus deathsMore than 70,000 people have died from coronavirus in Latin America as the pandemic sweeps through the region, putting growing pressure on ...
11 Jun, 2020, 12.49 PM IST
WHO reports record virus cases as Trump proposes face-to-face G7 summitTrump, who is seeking to revive the battered US economy and his political fortunes ahead of the November election, again lashed out again a...
21 May, 2020, 08.17 AM IST
How five nations in Europe and Asia contained coronavirusSlovenia, Jordan, Iceland, Greece and Vietnam all have one aspect in common. All are bound by one success story in times of despair. All fi...
11 May, 2020, 09.14 AM IST
Virtual Parliament, panel meetings happening in over 23 nations: Bhartruhari Mahtab to Om BirlaThe letter from senior BJD MP and chairman of a standing committee, Bhartruhari Mahtab, seeking virtual House panel proceedings adds a new ...
07 May, 2020, 07.08 AM IST
Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since DepressionIn the hardest-hit corner of the U.S., evidence emerged that perhaps more than 2 million New Yorkers have been infected by the virus _ seve...
24 Apr, 2020, 08.33 AM IST