Delta stays as main ‘variant of concern’ in India: INSACOG
New Delhi | The Delta variant of Covid-19 continues to be the main variant of concern (VoC) in India, the Indian...
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Chinese cities suspend overseas shopping, couriers on Covid scare
New Delhi | Counties and districts in China's border city Heihe in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have said buying products from...
Covid: Pfizer’s antiviral pill can cut hospitalisations, deaths by 89%
Washington | US drug maker Pfizer on Friday announced that its new antiviral pill against Covid-19 can significantly reduce hospitalisations and...
Alpha Covid variant detected in dogs, cats with severe myocarditis
London | While domestic pets are known to contract Covid-19, UK scientists have for the first time reported of infection from...
UK approves world’s first oral pill against Covid
Washington | The UK's medicines regulator on Thursday approved Merck's molnupiravir -- the world's first oral antiviral medicine against Covid-19, which...
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets WHO’s nod
New Delhi | The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday granted Emergency Use Listing approval to India's indigenously-developed Covid vaccine, Bharat...
After Australia, 5 more countries recognise India’s Covaxin
New Delhi | After Australia recognised Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for allowing entry of travellers who had received the vaccine, five more...
After Australia, 5 more countries recognise India’s Covaxin
New Delhi | After Australia recognised Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for allowing entry of travellers who had received the vaccine, five more...
Covid outbreak sweeps 14 provincial regions in China
New Delhi | More regions including east China's Jiangxi Province and northeast China's Heilongjiang Province are grappling with a fresh epidemic...
Delta subvariant A.Y 4.2 now present in 42 countries: WHO
Geneva | More than 26,000 cases of the Delta Covid subvariant AY.4.2, considered up to 15 per cent more transmissible than...
