Omicron, which is reported to be at least three times more transmissible than the Delta virus, is posing a new challenge for the Covid containment measures. NEW DELHI — The Union Home Ministry on Monday extended the Covid-19 guidelines till January 31, 2022 and...
Wounds inflicted by the pandemic will not be healed by lip service or coming on the television and the government cannot run away from its responsibilities by changing vaccination policy each day, party General Secretary, Randeep Singh Surjewala said NEW DELHI – A day...
India has at least 200 cases of the new Omicron variant till now, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Out of them, 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the ministry added. Maharashtra and Delhi have the highest number of Omicron cases, at 54 each followed by...
From what we know so far, Omicron appears to spread faster than the Delta variant which has been attributed to the surge in cases across the world in the last several months, the Regional Director said NEW DELHI – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday urged...
ALIGARH: Diabetic people with foot sores, fearing limb amputation can heave a sigh of relief as a team of scientists from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) led by Professor Asad Ullah Khan of the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit has developed a novel...
The number of persons found infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in India increased to 38 on Sunday after 5 fresh infections were reported in the past 24 hours. One case each was reported from Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala on...
All are said to be stable and currently under treatment at the Jijamata Hospital in Pimpri-Chinchwad Pune: Covid-19's new variant Omicron has gripped Maharashtra with seven new cases detected in Pune, including three minors, health officials said here on Sunday. While...
It’s also dismaying that some countries aren’t accepting negative Covid-19 tests from countries of origin & instead require tests only from third countries, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization NEW DELHI — Tedros...
SINGAPORE: The new Covid variant Omicron will likely “overwhelm the whole world” in the coming months, warned a Singapore-based infectious disease doctor. According to Dr. Leong Hoe Nam of Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, vaccines against the strain can be developed...
The contacts of the duo who tested positive for the latest variant have been identified and are under monitoring NEW DELHI — Two persons in Karnataka have tested positive for Omicron, the newest variant of Covid-19, after genome sequencing, Balram Bhargava, Director...