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A pedestrian walks past a wall mural highlighting the benefits of vaccination and urging people to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

November records lowest number of fresh COVID-19 cases in India since...

The number of daily cases peaked on May 6, when the country registered 4,14,188 Covid cases in a span of 24 hours

1 Dec 2021 12:31 PM IST

An elderly man, who earlier refused the vaccine, receives the vaccine for COVID-19 during a door to door vaccination drive in Sativeti village, on the outskirts of Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 8,954 fresh Covid cases, 28 per cent higher than...

The death toll climbed to 4,69,247 with 267 fresh fatalities, while the active cases were recorded at less than a lakh...

1 Dec 2021 10:05 AM IST

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depicting a health worker to spread awareness about the Covid-19 coronavirus in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Six passengers returning from 'high-risk' countries test positive in...

The public health department of Maharashtra said that the passengers are either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic

1 Dec 2021 9:49 AM IST

An air passengers undergo gives sample for the COVID-19 tests at the airport, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

'India develops herd immunity; BF.7 variant may not be as serious as...

The official said the 'Zero Covid Policy' followed by China is one of the reasons for the outbreak of the infection in...

25 Dec 2022 12:09 PM IST

A healthworker prepares an oxygen triage facility for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge, at Omandurar Government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

India reports over 2.5 lakh Covid cases, 627 fatalities

The death toll has climbed to 4,92,327 with 627 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period

28 Jan 2022 9:59 AM IST

India seeks new preferential treatment from US on drugs, other goods. (AFP Photo)

Anti-Covid drugs potent against Omicron, antibody therapies less...

The study also showed that some antibodies have entirely lost their ability to neutralise Omicron at realistic dosages

27 Jan 2022 12:35 PM IST

A worker carries an oxygen concentrator inside the COVID-19 facility of Commonwealth Games Village in view of the rising Omicron cases in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Immune response induced by Omicron effectively neutralise Delta...

The main limitation of this study are lesser participants in the unvaccinated group and the shorter window period post...

26 Jan 2022 4:11 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a governement hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: AFP)

Rather than Omicron, comorbidities, age causing ICU admissions,...

The current figures of new COVID-19 cases stand at 2,85,914 with 665 deaths and 2,99,073 recoveries in the last 24 hours

26 Jan 2022 2:39 PM IST

Pharmacist Sima Manifar prepares a childrens dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrences The Center, which serves seniors, families and the community, in Massachusetts. (AP/Charles Krupa)

Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults

COVID-19 vaccine-makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide...

26 Jan 2022 11:18 AM IST

A nurse prepares booster doses of the AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine for people over 50 years old at a vaccination center set up at the Benito Juarez Auditorium in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico. (Photo: AFP)

Current Covid vaccines may protect from severe disease caused by...

The research also shows fully vaccinated people have fewer memory B cells and neutralising antibodies against Omicron

25 Jan 2022 5:14 PM IST

People visit a crowded market area in front of the historic Charminar amid rise in COVID-19 cases, in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India logs over 3 lakh new Covid cases, active caseload highest in 241...

An increase of 62,130 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours

24 Jan 2022 10:00 AM IST

A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France. (Photo: AP)

Omicron a 'deviant' from Covid pandemic progression script: Virologist...

Omicron, the highly infectious variant of coronavirus, is driving the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India

16 Jan 2022 2:35 PM IST