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

Tanzania returnee tests positive for COVID in Mumbai, officials...

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that his sample has been sent for genome sequencing

5 Dec 2021 1:43 PM IST

Till now, 17 people (who come from abroad) have tested positive for Covid and they have been admitted to the hospital. (Representational image: ANI)

First Omicron case in Delhi after Tanzania returnee tests positive;...

Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop international flights in view...

5 Dec 2021 12:08 PM IST

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US makes negative COVID-19 test report mandatory for all incoming...

Air passengers will also be required to confirm in the form of an attestation that the information they present is true,...

5 Dec 2021 12:02 PM IST

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)

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)

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)

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

Indian travellers arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport via an Air India flight after the US re-opened travel for fully vaccinated tourists, in New Jersey. (Photo: PTI)

Nine international travellers test positive for COVID at Mumbai

Meanwhile, the Centre on Thursday informed that two people have tested positive for the Omicron variant in Karnataka

3 Dec 2021 2:03 PM IST

Covishield, the India-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, was added to the UKs approved list last month. (PTI)

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)

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 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 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)

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