BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant symptoms: How is it different from previous COVID strains, should you be worried?New Covid variant 2026 Cicada symptoms: The highly mutated new BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant has now spread to at least 23 countries, sparkin...
31 Mar, 2026, 04.45 PM IST
New Covid wave expected in US? Doctors 'bracing for impact' with KP.3 variant on the riseNew coronavirus variants like KP.2 and KP.3 are emerging in recent times and the cases keep on mounting in the US, according to recent heal...
13 Jun, 2024, 09.21 PM IST
New COVID subvariant JN.1 sparks concerns. Should you be worried? Know symptoms and moreChina has found seven cases of the COVID subvariant JN.1, a new variant with an additional mutation on its spike protein. This variant, a d...
16 Dec, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
WHO report: 17 million in European Union may have suffered long COVID-19The research, conducted for the WHO/Europe, was unclear on whether the symptoms that linger, recur or first appear at least one month after...
13 Sep, 2022, 08.17 PM IST
Omicron study: How quickly can you be exposed to virus, develop symptoms?A new study published in the JAMA Network Open journal revealed the time between infection and developing symptoms from the Omicron variant...
31 Aug, 2022, 05.53 PM IST
Can Omicron cause long COVID?Here is a sketch of what scientists have learned and the many questions still to be answered.
23 Jan, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Omicron & Delta have a flu friend - florona. Be wary of the fiend, get your annual shotFlorona isn’t a coronavirus variant. It is a simultaneous double infection caused by Covid and influenza.
06 Jan, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Covid-19: Stealthy virus beating RT-PCR tests, find docsThe novel coronavirus variant that is causing the current wave of Covid-19 is not just highly infectious but also stealthy. City hospitals ...
13 Apr, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Govinda tests positive for Covid, confirms wife Sunita AhujaThe actor has 'mild symptoms' and is following necessary protocol.
05 Apr, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
August last week saw 35 pc hike in COVID cases, 30-40 pc reported from same family: Delhi Health DeptThe Health Department analysed the cases in August, which saw a spike, and found that the infection was spilling over to rural and middle-c...
04 Sep, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Government mulling to include sudden loss of taste, smell as criteria for COVID-19 testAccording to an expert, even though the symptom is not specific to COVID-19 as one may suffer from loss of smell and taste when they have f...
12 Jun, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
Acko offers free Covid-19 consultation with doctorsThe do-it-yourself tool, enquires about common symptoms of infection, such as fever, cough, weakness, sore throat, chest pain or difficulty...
03 Apr, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
14 days isolation in some coronavirus cases may not be enough: StudyCurrently, the World Health Organisation advises 14 days of quarantine for people who may have come in contact with other Covid-19 patients...
22 Mar, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
Army officer attached to College of Military Engineering in Pune asked to self-quarantineOfficials said that as a precautionary measure, at some places officers are being quarantined after returning from leave while at other loc...
18 Mar, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
Children are less severely affected by coronavirus compared to adults: StudyThe review, published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, noted that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, seems to cause fewer sympt...
14 Mar, 2020, 04.52 PM IST
Canada's Justin Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirusThe 48-year-old Liberal leader is exhibiting no symptoms and will continue to work from home until the results of his wife's test comes in,...
12 Mar, 2020, 10.09 PM IST
Karnataka confirms four positive cases of CoronavirusThe state government on Monday announced that a software engineer from Bengaluru who recently returned from the USA has contracted the viru...
11 Mar, 2020, 10.10 AM IST