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A medical worker administers a shot of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo: AP)

Vaccine skeptics slammed across Europe as Omicron rages

Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people

9 Jan 2022 1:11 PM IST

A railway employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India records over 1.5 Lakh new Covid infections, 3,623 cases of...

Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of Omicron cases, followed by Delhi and Karnataka

9 Jan 2022 9:53 AM IST

Passengers wait for taxis outside the T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India reports its second Omicron death from Odisha

The deceased, identified as a 50-year-old woman, was suffering from a brain stroke

7 Jan 2022 11:28 AM IST

A health worker sanitises an ambulance outside the Covid Care Centre at Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India records 1,17,100 new Covid cases, highest after 214 days

3,007 cases of Omicron have been reported across 27 states and UTs

7 Jan 2022 10:20 AM IST

A health worker prepares to perform Covid-19 coronavirus screening from inside a glass booth at a round the clock testing facility in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron is highly transmissible but mild variant, says expert

The country has reported 2,630 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19

7 Jan 2022 8:14 AM 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)

Don't let your guard down thinking Omicron is mild infection, warns...

Dr PS Chandra further said the Omicron virus is highly infectious and it is going to increase the herd immunity

6 Jan 2022 3:32 PM IST

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Over 90,000 new Covid infections, 495 Omicron cases in India

Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, and...

6 Jan 2022 10:01 AM IST

Medical staff take swab samples of passengers for a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening upon his arrival at a railway platform in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

India reports first Omicron death in Rajasthan

Union health ministry on Wednesday released revised guidelines for home isolation for mild and asymptomatic infections

5 Jan 2022 1:47 PM IST

A student poses for photographs after being administered with a COVID-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India sees single-day rise of 58,097 new Covid infections, 2,135 cases...

The death toll has climbed to 4,82,551 with 534 daily fatalities

5 Jan 2022 10:28 AM IST

A health worker (background R) inoculates a youth with a Covaxin dose against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive for youths in the 15-18 age group at a school in Kolkata. (Photo: AFP)

Antibody cocktail not useful for most patients with Omicron: Experts

Doctors in Kolkata believe that the formula of antibody cocktail is not useful for the Omicron variant of coronavirus

5 Jan 2022 9:24 AM IST

A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing of a woman amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron in 81 per cent of Covid samples tested, says Delhi health...

Of the latest 187 Covid samples tested, 152 had Omicron and 8.5 per cent had Delta, he told the Delhi Assembly

3 Jan 2022 2:47 PM IST

A man assists a child to use hand sanitizer as a precaution against coronavirus before entering at an Industrial exhibition in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports 33,750 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally rises to 1,700

Maharashtra is the worst-affected state with 510 cases, followed by Delhi with 351

3 Jan 2022 10:13 AM IST