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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)World
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

People walk past a Covid-19 testing station on January 4, 2022, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)World
Soaring Omicron could lead to more dangerous variants, WHO warns

Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron...

5 Jan 2022 10:27 AM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)World
Boosters may prolong COVID pandemic, warns WHO chief

Unrestrained end-of-year celebrations could still prove to be major source of new infections, the WHO warned

23 Dec 2021 12:21 PM 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)World
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

Indias Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) greets his French counterpart Florence Parly during an official welcoming ceremony in New Delhi on December 17, 2021. (AFP)World
Ready to provide additional Rafale aircraft to India: French Defence...

France has delivered 30 Rafale aircraft to India so far, and six more are set to be delivered by April next year

17 Dec 2021 2:50 PM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)World
Boris Johnson suffers humiliating defeat in UK special election

A no-confidence vote takes place if 15% of Conservative MPs (54) write to the chair of the so-called 1922 committee,...

17 Dec 2021 1:57 PM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Stow Health Vaccination center, in Westminster, London. Johnson says that Britain faces a \tidal wave\ of infections from the omicron coronavirus variant and he has announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defenses against it. (Jeremy Selwyn/Pool Photo via AP)World
Unprecedented Omicron spread, 'probably' in most countries: WHO

Omicron now accounts for around 3 percent of cases in the US, a figure that is expected to rise rapidly as has been seen...

15 Dec 2021 10:39 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: PTI)World
British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Johnson said that over the coming decade, India and the UK will continue to deepen their bonds

14 Dec 2021 11:25 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)World
UK announces booster drive to fight 'tidal wave' of Omicron

Uk began easing coronavirus restrictions in June and the alert level was at stage three, which means the epidemic is in...

13 Dec 2021 10:47 AM IST

Olaf Scholz, Germanys new chancellor. (Photo: Twitter/Olaf Scholz)World
Olaf Scholz appointed as Germany's new chancellor, replacing Angela...

Scholz, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), won the secret vote in the Parliament

8 Dec 2021 4:51 PM IST

A lab technician (L) works inside a pathological lab equipped to screen Covid-19 coronavirus patients and patients infected with the Omicron variant arriving from listed high risk destinations at a government hospital in Chennai on December 6, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)World
Top WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other virus variants

US scientist Anthony Fauci echoed the WHO's view, saying Omicron did not appear worse than prior strains based on early...

8 Dec 2021 12:06 PM IST

A woman receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)World
WHO warns of 'toxic mix' as EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also recorded their first cases of Omicron, making the Gulf the latest region...

2 Dec 2021 11:10 AM IST

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