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This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

India

Omicron will be in major cities but with mild symptoms: Former CSIR...

As per the WHO, the first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen collected on November 9 this year

5 Dec 2021 9:29 AM IST

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

India

Two more Omicron cases found in Maharashtra, Gujarat

A 72-year-old man was found infected with the Omicron variant of Coronavirus in Jamnagar, Gujarat, following his return...

4 Dec 2021 6:01 PM IST

A health worker takes a nasal swab samples of a passenger to test for COVID-19, at a bus stand in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

Life

Risk of reinfection from Omicron three times higher than any other...

National daily cases almost doubled on Wednesday, days after countries across the world halted flights to and from...

3 Dec 2021 3:57 PM IST

India

Top scientists for COVID booster vaccine dose

Give booster jabs to 40 plus and high risk cases, recommend top genomic scientists

3 Dec 2021 12:53 PM IST

A healthcare worker holds a vial with single-dose Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo: AFP)

Science

Booster dose of six Covid vaccines safe, increases immunity: Lancet...

Two doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines have shown 79 per cent and 90 per cent protection

3 Dec 2021 11:53 AM IST

A woman returns after getting inoculated as other line up to register their names to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India

India records 9,216 fresh cases in 24 hours, active caseload near...

The death toll climbed to 4,70,115 with 391 fresh fatalities

3 Dec 2021 10:20 AM IST

Arriving passengers leave a terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

India

India detects first two cases of Omicron, both from Karnataka

Health Ministry said that both the cases have been reported in Karnataka, with the patients being two men aged 66 and 46

2 Dec 2021 4:39 PM IST

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

India

In-person student attendance in schools may drop by 14 per cent due to...

The World Health Organisation has designated the new SARS-Cov-2 variant as a 'variant of concern'

2 Dec 2021 2:19 PM IST

India

Four more international travellers test COVID-19 positive at Delhi...

A total of eight people from 'at-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi till now

2 Dec 2021 12:59 PM IST

Arriving passengers leave a terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

India

India records 9,765 new Covid cases, 477 deaths in a span of 24 hours

The active cases comprise 0.29 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

2 Dec 2021 10:00 AM IST

People get inoculated with the dose of the Covaxin Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a temporary vaccination camp inside a school in Mumbai. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Greek alphabet is still roiling our lives

Omicron is the fifth such VOC, and the first since the Delta (B.1.617) variant which ravaged so many countries

2 Dec 2021 2:49 AM IST

$Travellers from the \at-risk\ countries have to follow additional measures on arrival in India from Tuesday midnight. (Photo: PTI)$ India

Four passengers from UK, Netherlands test positive for Covid in Delhi

Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to ascertain if they have the new variant, sources said

1 Dec 2021 12:58 PM IST