COVID-19
- India
Vaccines or villains? Govt admits multiple side-effects of Covid-19 jabs in RTI reply
Mumbai: It’s official. The government’s two top watchdogs have admitted to ‘multiple side-effects’ of Covid-19 vaccines that were jabbed in over a billion Indians in the past more than two years. The…
- Featured News
Covid Courts of Women is organized in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Vimochana, meaning liberation, is an NGO working for women’s rights in the area of domestic violence, providing remedial support and socio-legal aid to women is organizing Covid Courts of Women here…
- World
Almost 60,000 people have died of Covid in China in past five weeks
Taipei: Almost 60,000 people have died of Covid in China in the past five weeks, authorities have announced, according to a media report. China is in the grip of a major wave…
- Middle East
Haj 2023: COVID-19 vaccination must; Know registration rules
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ministry of Haj and Umrah confirmed that those people who are planning to perform Haj this year need to be fully immunized with one of the approved…
- World
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines increased globally: Study
Washington: Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines increased globally, from 75.2 per cent in 2021 to 79.1 per cent in 2022, according to a survey in 23 countries that represent more than 60 per…
- India
BF.7 found in several positive samples of international passengers: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Omicron sub-variant, BF.7, has been found in several of the 200 Covid-positive samples of international air passengers that have so far…
- World
WHO official urges science-based, non-discriminatory COVID-19 entry restrictions
Copenhagen: A senior official of the WHO has urged countries to take science-based precautionary Covid-19 entry restrictions that are proportionate and non-discriminatory. Hans Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, made the appeal…
- India
New Omicron variants not causing spike or mortality of cases: Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that sequencing of samples from Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) sentinel sites have referred that all the omicron variants like BA.2 and its…
- World
China takes down social media accounts of Covid policy critics
London: China has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts – some with millions of followers – that criticised the government’s Covid policies. Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: RWAs urge citizens to take booster shot for COVID-19
Hyderabad: With rising COVID-19 fears across the country, the Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the city have urged the citizens to take the booster dose of the vaccine in order to ensure…
- World
WHO criticizes China for ‘under-representing’ COVID-19 cases
Geneva: The World Health Organization officials, who have grappled with Beijing’s tight control of data access throughout the pandemic, has become increasingly vocal in their calls for reliable information as a major…
- World
Cases surge in China after govt abandons Zero-COVID policy: Report
Beijing: COVID cases have surged in China after the government abandoned its Zero-COVID policy, according to CNN. Chinese authorities are finding it difficult to track the number of COVID infections in the…
- India
Covid infection may impact semen quality in men: AIIMS study
New Delhi: Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may negatively impact semen quality, according to a study on 30 males conducted by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The team led…
- India
Rajasthan: US returnee tests positive for Omicron sub-variant
Jaipur: A 21-year-old youth has been traced in Jaipur who has reportedly tested positive for Omicron sub-variant XBB 1.5, which experts say is more contagious than the previous strains of the virus.…
- World
‘Invisible’ Rishi Sunak surfaces with New Year Resolutions
London: Rishi Sunak, described as the “invisible” Prime Minister, emerged from the bunker on Wednesday with a public speech on the multiple crises facing the UK, amid the country staring at the…