COVID-19
- Telangana
Telangana: Harish Rao takes part in Fever Survey at Siddipet
Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao on Saturday participated in the door-to-door Fever survey that took place at his home constituency Siddipet and asked people and got to understand the Covid-19…
- World
UK classifies new form of Omicron as ‘variant under investigation’
London: A new form of Omicron named BA.2 has been designated a “variant under investigation”, with 426 cases of the Covid-19 strain’s sub-lineage confirmed in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)…
- Telangana
Telangana Planning Board VC B Vinod Kumar tests positive for Covid-19
Hyderabad: Telangana Planning Board Vice Chairman and Former Karimnagar MP B Vinod Kumar on Saturday has tested positive for Covid-19. He said that the symptoms were mild and has quarantined himself at…
- India
Former PM Deve Gowda tests COVID positive
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has tested positive for COVID-19, sources close to him said. “He has tested positive for COVID-19 but he is asymptomatic. However, he is admitted…
- India
India reports 3.37 lakh COVID-19 cases, 488 deaths in 24 hrs
New Delhi: India on Saturday reported a dip in daily COVID-19 infections as the country logged 3,37,704 fresh cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 17.22 per…
- World
UN chief: World more unpredictable than during the Cold War
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the current world is “much more chaotic, much less predictable” than during the Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States,…
- World
WHO: COVID-19 boosters should start with most vulnerable
Geneva: The World Health Organisation says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters…
- Bangalore
NRAI thanks Karnataka CM for lifting weekend curfew
Bengaluru: National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has thanked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for lifting the weekend curfew in Karnataka and hearing the concerns of the restaurant industry. Mukesh Tolani, Head of NRAI…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two arrested for providing fake RT-PCR test reports
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police arrested two people for providing fake RT-PCR COVID-19 test reports without taking swabs and vaccination certificates without administration of the physical doses. Chakravarthy Gummi, Deputy Commissioner of Police said…
- India
Maharashtra: Covid-19 cases scale new record
Mumbai: Maharashtra Covid-19 cases scaled a new high above 48,000 mark and Omicron infections also increased while deaths continued to remain in double-digits, health officials said here on Friday. After the previous…
- India
COVID-19: Assam logs 6,897 new cases, 15 more people die
Guwahati: Assam on Friday registered over 13 per cent fall in fresh COVID-19 cases compared to the previous day, with 6,897 more people testing positive for the infection, the National Health Mission…
- Sports
16 senior men’s hockey players among 33 positive cases in SAI Bengaluru
New Delhi: Hockey India’s plans of announcing the men’s senior team for the FIH Pro League matches against Canada and South Africa, could be delayed as 16 players have tested positive for…
- Telangana
Telangana logs 4,416 COVID-19 cases, two deaths reported
Hyderabad: Telangana logged 4,416 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, an increase of about five per cent over the previous day. For a fourth consecutive day, health authorities tested over one lakh samples.…
- Health
Study examines how COVID-19 can impact pregnant women, their babies
Washington: A new study has found that pregnant women should get vaccinated to minimize the detrimental health effects COVID-19 has on the placenta, the foetus, and the newborn. The study has been…
- Delhi
Delhi reports 10,756 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: Delhi continues to register a dip in its daily COVID-19 cases, reporting 10,756 new cases of the disease during the last 24 hours, said the state government on Friday. As…
