Tag: Covid
India To Open Vaccination For 15-18 Years, Booster Dose For Frontline Workers: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that Covid vaccination for the 15-18 age group will commence from January 3, 2022, while healthcare/frontline workers, along with the 60+ population with comorbidities, will get a precautionary dose from January 10 onwards next year. ....
Delhi Covid Curbs: Cinemas, Gyms Shut; Malls To Stay Open On Odd-even Basis
As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday declared a yellow alert in the wake of a spike in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases, the following restrictions will be imposed in the national capital under Level 1 of the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP .....
20 International Passengers Test Covid Positive At Bengaluru Airport
At least 20 foreign passengers have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, sources said on Wednesday. ....
No Science Behind Night Curfews In India: WHO's Swaminathan
There is no science behind night curfews when it comes to tackling the spread of Covid variants, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has stressed. ....
US Records A Whopping 640,000 New Covid Cases In 24 Hours
The US set a new record high of over 640,000 daily Covid-19 cases, according to latest data of Johns Hopkins University. ....
66 Passengers Onboard Mumbai-Goa Cruise Ship Test Positive For Covid
Out of the nearly 2,000 passengers travelling onboard a Mumbai-Goa luxury cruiseliner, 66 have tested positive for Covid, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday. ....
No Way To Distinguish Omicron Cases From Delta, US Doctors In A Fix
Amid rising concerns over a fresh surge in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, doctors in the United States are faced with a peculiar conundrum – they have no ready way of determining which variant of the coronavirus a person is carrying. This is especially troublesome because a high-risk patient infected with the Delta variant would greatly benefit from two particular monoclonal antibody treatments, while they would do little to nothing for a patient infected with the new, highly transmissible Omicron variant – which requires a third ant....
Govt Says Death Of Elderly Citizen In Rajasthan ‘technically’ Omicron-related
The Union health ministry on Wednesday said one death in Rajasthan is “technically” Omicron-related. ....
India Reports 495 New Omicron Cases, Tally Reaches 2,630
India's overall Omicron tally increased to 2,630 after 495 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, with Maharashtra and Delhi continuing to be the worst-hit, the Union Health Ministry said. ....
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Tests Covid Positive Again
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced that he has tested positive for the Coronavirus. ....
