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The study covers vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs. (Representational image: AFP)

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: study

The researchers compared the outcomes of 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated subjects

11 Oct 2021 11:34 AM IST

Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (L) prepares to give a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination to Chen Knifsend (R) at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

Global COVID-19 deaths hit 50 lakhs as Delta variant sweeps the world

As a region, South America has the highest death toll in the world accounting for 21% of all reported deaths

2 Oct 2021 11:16 AM IST

Students wearing masks sit inside a classroom as schools reopened in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

Delta remains main Covid variant of concern, others negligible in...

Delta, which was first detected in India in October last year, led to the devastating second wave

11 Nov 2021 4:44 PM IST

A crowded platform at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron will soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: Experts

The new variant was first detected in South Africa on November 11, and spread across more than 110 countries

30 Dec 2021 9:13 AM IST

Kids and adults wait for their booster or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Northwest Community Church in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)

US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances

Universities are abruptly closing classrooms during finals week with infections multiplying at a fast rate

16 Dec 2021 11:25 AM IST

A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination for COVID-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: AP)

Delta Covid variant likely driving huge infection surge in South...

The NICD on Friday said nationally there had been 18,762 new COVID-19 infections and 215 COVID-19 related deaths...

27 Jun 2021 9:08 AM IST

Karan Thapar | Mind the gap: Covishield's 2nd jab sets off controversy

Paradoxically, three days after India's May decision, and because of the threat of the Delta variant, the UK reduced the...

25 Jun 2021 12:40 AM IST

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

What should I know about the delta variant?

Experts say the delta variant spreads more easily because of mutations

24 Jun 2021 11:30 AM IST

The UN health agency said work was under way to gain a better understanding of the dynamics of Delta and why it is more transmissible. (Representational image: PTI)

Delta not specifically targeting children: WHO

Delta has now been detected in 132 countries and is more transmissible than earlier versions of the virus

31 July 2021 12:19 PM IST

In this file photo a man receives a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. (Photo:AFP)

Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause severe...

The immediate next step for the agency is to acknowledge the war has changed

30 July 2021 12:43 PM IST

A health worker administers covid vaccine. (Photo: AFP)

Delta variant identified in Nanjing's COVID-19 clusters in China

The recent spike in infections in the city can be attributed to the special location of the outbreak

27 July 2021 1:18 PM IST

Many universities are only accepting the students who have been vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Fully vaccinated doctor infected with two COVID variants in Assam

According to Dr BJ Borkakoti, the double infection will be similar to any other mono-infection

21 July 2021 9:41 AM IST