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A worker prepares a bed for Covid patients in Commonwealth Games Village in view of the Omicron cases, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

34 new Omicron cases reported in LNJP Hospital: Delhi Health Minister

Earlier in the day, the Health Ministry had said that India has a total of 200 cases of Omicron

21 Dec 2021 12:44 PM IST

People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

US reports first Omicron-related death

County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced the death on Monday, saying the man was in his 50s

21 Dec 2021 9:58 AM IST

A worker checks a monitor inside a COVID-19 facility at Commonwealth Games Village in view of the Omicron cases, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India records 6,563 new Covid cases, active caseload lowest in 572...

The death toll climbed to 4,77,554 with 132 fresh fatalities

20 Dec 2021 10:10 AM IST

Syringes and vials of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen on a work surface during a drive through clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. (Photo: AP)

UK researchers developing new COVID-19 vaccines

The research project will boost the UK's and the world's ability to rapidly develop new vaccines

20 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

India's Omicron count rises to 145

India's first two cases of the this heavily mutated version of the coronavirus were detected in Karnataka on December 2

19 Dec 2021 3:55 PM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Bandra Terminus railway station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

India records 7,081 new Covid cases in a day, 264 fatalities

Kerala has been reconciling Covid deaths for the past few days so the death tally of the state is high

19 Dec 2021 10:24 AM IST

A health workers conducts thermal screening of a passenger at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport amid concern over Omicron variant of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad (PTI)

Traders brace for third wave as Omicron cases rise in Delhi

On Tuesday, the minister said that the Omicron variant had not spread in the community so far and the situation was...

18 Dec 2021 4:49 PM IST

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 2:01 PM IST

A health workers conducts thermal screening of a passenger at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport amid concern over Omicron variant of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad (PTI)

Delhi logs 10 new cases of Omicron, total reaches 20: Jain

The minister said 10 out of the 40 samples sent for genome sequencing tested positive for the new variant

17 Dec 2021 12:58 PM IST

In this May file photo, family members react during the cremation of a COVID-19 victim, as coronavirus cases surge in record numbers, at Sarai Kale Khan Crematorium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India records 7,447 fresh Covid cases, decline of 830 cases in past 24...

The death toll climbed to 4,76,869 with 391 fresh fatalities

17 Dec 2021 10:29 AM IST

A used face mask on Westminster Bridge in London. (Photo: AP)

Omicron infects 70 times faster but is less severe, study says

The supercharged speed of omicron's spread in the human bronchus was found 24 hours following infection

16 Dec 2021 10:15 AM IST

A worker disguised as Santa conducts thermal screening of a child as he arrives at a school that reopened after the Maharashtra government allowed schools to reopen for Ist to IVth classes, in Thane. (Photo: PTI)

India adds 7,974 new Covid infections, 15 per cent higher than...

The death toll climbed to 4,76,478 with 343 fresh fatalities

16 Dec 2021 10:08 AM IST