June 01, 2025 4:48 pm
Covid-19 subvariant NB.1.8.1: In India, the virus in most Covid samples sequenced over the past couple of months has been identified as either BA.2 or JN.1.
July 07, 2024 10:06 pm
The onset of summer has triggered fears of the resurgence of Covid-19 cases globally, particularly the new variants FLiRT and LB.1. We explain
November 29, 2022 8:16 pm
Despite promising data so far on nasal sprays for COVID, one of the major barriers is keeping the sprays in the nose. To overcome this, most sprays need multiple applications a day, sometimes every few hours
September 17, 2022 1:04 pm
A key challenge that comes with using monoclonal antibodies to manage SARS-CoV-2 infections is that they only bind to a single region of the spike protein
July 08, 2022 10:04 pm
The members, however, opined that data of Covid burden and mortality among children is not robust enough to take any decision to begin vaccination of those below 12 years, an official source said.
June 22, 2022 8:38 am
According to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) war room data, the city has 32 active Covid-19 clusters, of which 28 are in Mahadevapura zone and three in RR Nagar zone.
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'."
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”.


