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A health worker administers vaccinations at a mobile clinic Oct. 7, 2021, in Auckland, New Zealand. (Sylvie Whinray/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand Covid cases hit record despite vaccination push

Health authorities announced 94 new virus cases, exceeding the previous daily record of 89 set in April last year during...

19 Oct 2021 10:53 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

A woman receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)

WHO warns of 'toxic mix' as EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also recorded their first cases of Omicron, making the Gulf the latest region...

2 Dec 2021 11:10 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

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)

Delta the 'most transmissible' of variants identified so far,...

Delta, now reported in 85 countries globally, continues to be reported in new countries across all WHO Regions

26 Jun 2021 11:45 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

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP)

Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response:...

Fauci said that the vaccines authorized in the United States, including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, are effective...

23 Jun 2021 12:38 PM IST

Health workers sit behind a plastic sheet separating them from people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine In Imphal, India, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP)

Is India's second Covid wave over? Health experts don't think so

The end of this wave may yet be far away as more transmissible new variants such as Delta plus variant are emerging

22 Jun 2021 1:32 PM IST

Sri Lankan health officials collect swab samples from people to test for the coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka detects first community case of Delta variant of coronavirus

Sri Lanka's COVID-19 vaccination began in late January with India's gift of 500,000 Covishield AstraZeneca vaccines

18 Jun 2021 1:34 PM IST

Andreas Raounas, 84, the first patient in Island receives from a nurse the vaccine of Pfizer BioNtech against the COVID-19, at a care home in Nicosia, Cyprus. (Photo: AP/File)

US CDC classifies Delta variant as 'variant of concern'

Previously, the CDC had considered the Delta variant to be a variant of interest

17 Jun 2021 10:44 AM IST