COVID-19
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Special drive for COVID-19 booster shot
Kolkata: A healthcare worker administers a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary during the launch of a 75-day special drive for free vaccination against COVID-19, at a vaccination centre in…
- Kashmir
J-K sees 224 fresh COVID-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 224 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 4,56,829, officials said. Of the new cases, 112 each were reported from the Jammu division…
- Bangalore
COVID-19: Karnataka reports 1,374 new cases, 3 deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka saw a spike in daily COVID-19 cases with 1,374 fresh infections and three related fatalities being reported on Saturday, taking the aggregate and toll to 39,85,376 and 40,088 respectively. The…
- Telangana
Telangana: Guv Tamilisai takes COVID-19 booster dose at Ameerpet
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan received the COVID-19 booster dose vaccine at the Community Health Centre, Ameerpet, in Hyderabad on Saturday. The Governor will visit the flood-affected Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Sunday.…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Former CM Panneerselvam hospitalised for COVID-19 symptoms
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has been admitted to a hospital after he developed COVID-19 symptoms, the hospital treating him said on Saturday. Panneerselvam was admitted to the isolation unit…
- Health
‘Strange’ bleeding disease akin to Ebola kills 3 in Tanzania
London: Health officials in Tanzania have reported a “strange” bleeding disease, with no known cause, that has so far affected 13 people and claimed three lives, media reports said. The 13 Tanzanian…
- World
COVID deaths again on rise, Soumya Swaminathan says be prepared for waves
New Delhi: Even as Covid cases and even deaths are again on the rise globally, the world must be prepared for such Covid-19 waves, World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan…
- Photos
Special drive for COVID-19 booster shot
New Delhi: A health worker administers booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine to a security staff during the launch of a 75-day special drive for free vaccination against COVID-19, at Shram Shakti Bhawan,…
- Middle East
COVID-19 active cases rising again in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The COVID-19 active cases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) crossed 500-mark, recording 586 on Thursday over the past 24 hours. During the past weeks, COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom…
- India
Increase uptake of Sputnik V vaccine precautionary doses, states told
New Delhi: Expressing concern over low uptake of precautionary doses of Sputnik V vaccine, the Centre on Thursday asked states to increase it. The uptake of precaution dose of Sputnik V is…
- Chennai
TN: CM Stalin hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin who was tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, has been admitted to a private hospital in Chennai for further checkups. Stalin has been admitted to…
- Telangana
Telangana: 527 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday recorded 527 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state tally to 8,07,661. Hyderabad district recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 290, followed by Ranga Reddy (55) and…
- India
Free COVID-19 booster doses for adults at govt centres for 75 days
New Delhi: People in the 18-59 age group will get free precaution doses (Booster shots) of the COVID-19 vaccine at a government vaccination centre under a 75-day special drive to begin from…
- World
COVID pandemic is nowhere near over: WHO chief
Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday warned the world that fresh waves of COVID-19 cases show that the pandemic is “nowhere near over.” In a media…
- World
Lankan crisis: Finance Minister tries to flee country, stopped at airport
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Basil…