COVID-19
- Middle East
Turkey witnesses surge in foreign arrivals by 300% in May
Ankara: Turkey has received around 3.82 million foreign arrivals in May, surged by 308 per cent year-on-year, the country’s Culture and Tourism Ministry said. During the first five months of 2022, Turkey…
- Middle East
Iraq declares new wave of COVID-19
Baghdad: Iraq’s Health Ministry declared a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 515 new cases reported in the past 24 hours. “There is a noticeable increase in the positive cases during the…
- India
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tests Covid positive
Srinagar: Former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. In a tweet, Azad said, “I have tested Covid positive today and am under home quarantine.”…
- Sports
Ashwin has not travelled to UK after testing positive for COVID-19: BCCI
Bengaluru: Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has not travelled to the United Kingdom along with his India team-mates for the one-off ‘fifth Test’ after testing positive for COVID-19, a BCCI source told PTI.…
- Telangana
Telangana: 246 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana on Monday recorded 246 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the overall caseload to 7,96,301 so far. Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases with 185. A Health Department bulletin said 155…
- Delhi
Delhi reports drop in Covid cases, but 6 deaths now
New Delhi: Delhi on Monday reported a significant decline in Covid cases in last 24 hours, at 1,060, against 1,530 on the previous day, while there are as many as six new…
- India
Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital, advised rest at home
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was discharged from the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on Monday evening and was advised rest at home, the party said. She was admitted to the…
- World
COVID-19 virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: World Health Organisation
London: Just days after saying that the COVID-19 lab leak theory needs “further investigations”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has privately confided to a senior European politician that the pandemic originated…
- India
Saudi Arabia lifts COVID-19 travel restrictions to India, 3 other countries
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Monday lifted travel restrictions on its citizens travelling to and from India and three other countries, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The other three…
- India
India adds 12,781 COVID-19 cases, positivity rate over 4 percent
New Delhi: India on Monday logged 12,781 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 4,33,09,473, while the daily positivity rate went past 4 percent after 130 days, according to Union health…
- India
4 cr Indians experienced long COVID-19 symptoms in last two years: Study
New Delhi: About four crore Indians suffered long COVID-19 symptoms during the last two years of pandemic, according to a study, not peer-reviewed yet. Long COVID-19 is defined as having new or…
- India
Smriti Irani tests COVID-19 positive
New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday announced that she has tested COVID-19 positive. She made the announcement in a tweet, where she apologised to residents of…
- Middle East
Face masks back in Kuwait amid rise in COVID-19 infections
The Kuwaiti government has instructed healthcare workers to wear face masks following a noticeable increase in the daily COVID-19 infections, local media reported on Saturday. The Kuwait’s Ministry of Health has issued…
- Delhi
Delhi reports 1,530 new Covid cases, three more deaths
New Delhi: Delhi on Sunday reported marginal decline in Covid cases in last 24 hours, at 1,530 against 1,534 recorded on the previous day, while there were three more deaths, as per…
- Telangana
Telangana: Active cases zoom past 2,000-mark with 236 fresh infections
Hyderabad: Telangana on Sunday reported 236 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 7,96,055 even as active cases breached the 2,000 mark. Of the fresh cases, Hyderabad saw the highest number of…
