Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the coronavirus pandemic cannot be controlled until the masses become aware and follow the guidelines issued by the government. He also appealed to those in the 15-18 age group to get themselves vaccinated at the earliest when their turn begins from January 3. Addressing a […]
Los Angelesz: The most likely order of symptoms that patients with COVID-19 experience is different for different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study. The researchers from the University of Southern California in the US wanted to know whether the order of COVID-19 symptoms varied in patients from different geographical regions or with various […]
NEW DELHI: India is prepared to fight the Omicron variant of coronavirus and the country’s vaccine manufacturing capacity will be increased to 45 crore doses per month in the next two months, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed Rajya Sabha on Monday. Buffer stocks of medicine and oxygen have been prepared to mitigate […]
New Delhi: India logged 6,984 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,47,10,628 while the active cases declined to 87,562, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,76,135 with 247 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in […]
NEW DELHI: With 9,765 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,46,06,541, while the active cases increased to 99,763, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,69,724 with 477 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 […]
NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed concern over the new coronavirus variant and asked the government to provide vaccine security to the people of the country. His remarks come amid rising global concerns over the new strain of the deadly virus that the World Health Organization has named ‘Omicron’ and classified […]
Immune responses to other human coronaviruses, which mostly only cause harmless colds, can provide some protection against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications’. It is known that infections with the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, and vaccination lead to strong antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2. This week, researchers at the […]
Leh, Nov 15 Ladakh has recorded 28 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 21,176, while the number of active cases in the union territory has gone up to 173, officials said on Monday. All the 28 fresh cases were reported in Leh, they said, adding that there was no death reported due to […]
NEW DELHI: India added 13,091 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,44,01,670, while the active cases declined to 1,38,556, the lowest in 266 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,62,189 with 340 fresh […]
There is an increased chance of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the presence of even a light breeze, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay who recommend wearing face masks outdoors, particularly in breezy conditions. The research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids on Wednesday, found that when a […]