COVID-19
- Hyderabad
Study reveals 30 pc people lose vaccine-acquired immunity after 6 months
Hyderabad: Amid rising cases of Covid infection, even after record vaccination rate, a new study on Wednesday showed that about one in three individuals lose immunity post six months of taking the…
- Telangana
Telangana sees 3,557 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths
Hyderabad: Continuing its rise, the daily COVID-19 caseload in Telangana crossed the 3,000-mark on Wednesday with 3,557 infections, and took the tally to 7,18,196 while the death toll rose to 4,065 with…
- Bangalore
Hospital staff hit hard by third wave in Bengaluru, services hit
Bengaluru: Covid’s third wave has hit the doctors and medical staff hard hard, paralysing medical services, especially in designated and specialised hospitals of Bengaluru where patients with comorbidities come from across the…
- Pakistan
Pakistan Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif tests positive for COVID-19
Islamabad: Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, has tested positive for the COVID-19 again as last year in June he had been infected with the virus, reported local…
- India
SC directs states to reach out to 10,000 kids orphaned due to COVID, pay compensation
New Delhi: In an effort to provide some help to over 10,000 children who lost both their parents to COVID-19, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all state governments to reach out…
- Health
Study finds COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection
Chapel Hill: A new research has found that COVID-19 vaccination offers long-lasting protection from the worst outcomes of COVID-19. The research has been published in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’. The…
- Middle East
Israel’s daily Covid-19 cases tally hits 65,259
Jerusalem: The Israeli Ministry of Health has reported 65,259 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure in the country since the outbreak in late February 2020. This brings…
- Telangana
Telangana: TRSMA urges govt to resume physical classes from Feb 1
Hyderabad: Notwithstanding the government order regarding the closure of schools amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the Telangana Recognised School Management Authority (TSRMA) on Tuesday urged the state to resume physical…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s Biophore to manufacture ingredients of Pfizer’s COVID drug
Hyderabad: Biophore India Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday announced that it developed and started manufacturing the key intermediates of Nirmatrelvir, one of the active ingredients of Paxlovid, the latest anti-Covid therapy, approved by US authorities.…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra man ends life after testing positive for Covid-19
Amaravati: A youth committed suicide after testing positive for Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, police said. The man jumped to death from the fourth floor of a building on Tuesday night. The…
- India
India’s third Covid wave likely to peak on Jan 23: IIT Kanpur scientist
New DelhI: The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may peak on January 23 with daily cases likely to remain below the four lakh mark, according to a scientist at…
- Andhra Pradesh
RT-PCR rate slashed to Rs 350 in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: The Government of Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has taken a decision to slash the price of the Covid-19 RT-PCR test in the state. The price…
- India
I&B Ministry shares meme on Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa’ to spread COVID-19 awareness
Mumbai: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday shared a cheeky meme modelled on superstar Allu Arjun’s blockbuster “Pushpa: The Rise” to reiterate COVID-19 appropriate behaviour. The picture, posted by the…
- Television News
Shaheer Sheikh’s father on ventilator after contracting COVID-19
Mumbai: The health condition of actor Shaheer Sheikh’s father is critical. Taking to Twitter, Shaheer informed everyone that his father, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, is currently on ventilator. Shaheer Sheikh…
- India
India extends ban on international commercial flights till Feb 28
New Delhi: Amid rising concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday extended the ban on commercial international passenger flights till February 28. It…
