April 05, 2022 5:30 pm
"Sore throat is one of the most common features of any viral infection. Muscle pain can be associated with fever of any origin," said a doctor
March 22, 2022 6:13 pm
The team led by researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK also found that vaginal births and breast feeding do not increase the likelihood of babies testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 when their mothers have the infection.
March 18, 2022 5:18 pm
The government has said that it will keep a range of “contingency measures in reserve”, which would enable “swift and proportionate” action to delay any future harmful variants of Covid-19 entering the country.
March 15, 2022 10:20 am
Speaking to reporters, Dr Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, said “I think we need to be careful here in terms of the word 'endemic'."
November 27, 2021 12:06 am
The news of the variant, which was first detected by scientists in South Africa, has already unnerved the global stock markets amid fears of what new travel bans would do to already shaky economies across the world.
October 29, 2021 8:29 am
Pune News Live Updates: Kiran Gosavi was also connected to a cheating case lodged in 2018.
October 14, 2021 9:04 am
"The more important vaccine is wearing the mask. There is a 100% guarantee that if you wear the mask, you will be protected. Wearing a two-layered mask guarantees 70% of protection from the virus. Therefore, awareness plays a key role in protecting people,” Prof G Padmanaban said.
October 12, 2021 7:30 am
The third phase of seroprevalence survey was held in September among six categories of population — those aged above 18, pregnant women, children between 5-17, the tribal community, residents of coastal areas and urban slum dwellers — to diagnose the rate of infection.
October 07, 2021 7:52 am
The weekly Covid positivity rate in Maharashtra was 2.07 per cent, lower than the 2.2 per cent of the week before, revealed the report.
October 06, 2021 7:41 pm
Covid toes were first linked to the coronavirus in December 2020
July 09, 2020 10:15 pm
People resorted to panic buying in several markets of West Bengal on Thursday disregarding social distancing norms, ahead of the imposition of a total lockdown in the containment zones in the state.
June 30, 2020 6:45 pm
Bengal recorded the highest single-day spike of 624 fresh Covid cases on Monday, taking the state's tally to 17,907, while 14 more people succumbed to the disease raising the death toll to 653.
April 22, 2020 6:53 pm
As per the latest updates from the Health Ministry, the number of cases has crossed the 20,000 mark while the death toll increased to 652.
March 23, 2020 6:36 pm
Violators could either face a fine of Rs 1,000 or a jail term of six months if they do not abide by the lockdown orders, the government said.
March 19, 2020 10:38 pm
In an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Central government has ordered no scheduled international commercial passenger aircraft shall be allowed to land in India from March 22 for one week.
March 30, 2020 2:09 pm
Public figures who have tested positive for coronavirus.
March 16, 2020 7:33 pm
While the Delhi government announced a ban on all gatherings of over 50 people, Odisha ordered all malls in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar to remain closed till March 31 after the detection of first positive case.
March 15, 2020 4:21 pm
Advising Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel, the health ministry said “international traffic through land borders will be restricted to designated check posts with robust screening facilities”.
March 13, 2020 5:00 pm
With the fast emerging pandemic of coronavirus or COVID-19 and people racing against time to protect themselves, Bollywood too is taking strong steps. From Kriti Sanon to Parineeti Chopra, Soha Ali Khan and more, check out all those who were spotted wearing masks.
March 11, 2020 8:44 pm
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 4,000 and over 1 lakh infections have been reported, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, warning that the threat of a pandemic was “very real”.