COVID-19
- India
Centre revises discharge policy for Covid patients
New Delhi: The Centre has revised the discharge policy on Covid patients to align it with the Covid-19 clinical management protocol, guidelines for home isolation of mild cases, and advisory on testing…
- India
PM Modi to convene meeting with CMs on COVID-19 situation tomorrow
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Chief Ministers of all states on Thursday at 4:30 pm via video conferencing on the COVID-19 situation. The Prime Minister had also…
- India
1,804 fresh Covid cases, three deaths in Himachal
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday recorded 1,804 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 2,36,639, while three more deaths pushed the toll to 3,870, a health official said. Two persons succumbed…
- India
Omicron is not just common cold, don’t take it lightly: V.K. Paul
New Delhi: The Omicron variant of coronavirus is not a common cold and should not be underestimated, NITI Aayog’s Member, Health, Dr V.K. Paul said on Wednesday, noting it is the reseaon…
- Bangalore
Schools in Bengaluru closed till Jan 31
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to close schools from Class 1 to 9 in Bengaluru till the end of January following the recent surge in the Covid cases in the city.…
- Andhra Pradesh
Active Covid-19 cases cross 10,000 in AP
Amaravati: The surge of Covid-19 cases continued as Andhra Pradesh added 3,205 afresh on Wednesday, taking the active caseload up to 10,119. In 24 hours ending 9 am on Wednesday, 281 infected…
- Telangana
Telangana reports 2,319 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Hyderabad: Active cases surged to 18,339 with Telangana on Wednesday recording 2,319 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,00,094, while the death toll rose to 4,047 with two more fatalities. The…
- Kashmir
J-K records 1,695 Covid cases. 1 death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday witnessed a 50 percent jump in daily COVID-19 with 1,695 people confirming positive for the disease on Wednesday, raising the tally to 3,48,201, official said. The…
- Kashmir
18 people in IIT-Jammu test positive for COVID-19
Jammu: As many as 18 people including students, staff, and faculty have tested positive for COVID-19, said Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Jammu in an official release on Wednesday. The RTPRC test…
- World
Covid: New nasal spray effective against all variants
London: Finnish researchers have developed a novel nasal spray that is effective against all variants of Covid and can prevent infection upto 8 hours. The nasal spray consists of a molecule, developed…
- Middle East
Kuwait strengthens COVID-19 restrictions amid surge in cases
Kuwait: The authorities in Kuwait have imposed new COVID-19 restrictions, starting Wednesday, January 12, in response to the exponential increase in COVID-19 infections across the country, driven by the Omicron variant, the…
- Middle East
Smart robot to distribute Zamzam water at two Holy Mosques
Riyadh: In an attempt to assist pilgrims and limit human contact to prevent the spread of the novel COVID-19, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched smart robots that will now distribute the…
- World
WHO: COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable
Geneva: The number of new coronavirus infections in the last week jumped by about 55%, although the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health Organization said in its latest pandemic report.…
- World
Covid virus starts losing ability to infect within 5 minutes in air: Study
London: Coronavirus’ ability to infect people starts decreasing within five minutes of being airborne and the virus loses about 90 per cent of its infectivity within 20 minutes of being in air,…
- Bollywood
Lata Mangeshkar health update: Singer still in ICU
Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be under constant medical observation for the next 10-12 days as she has been diagnosed not only with COVID-19 but also got pneumonia. Dr Pratit Samdani,…
