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COVID-19: India logs 5,880 new cases, 14 deaths
While four deaths each were reported from Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, one each was reported from Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated
COVID-19: India logs 5,335 new cases, highest in 195 days
As per the latest data by the health ministry, the death toll has increased to 5,30,929 with 13 deaths -- two each reported from Karnataka and Maharashtra, one each from Kerala and Punjab, and seven reconciled by Kerala
COVID-19: India logs 4,435 new cases, highest single-day rise in 163 days
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.38 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.79 per cent. As many as 220.66 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive
COVID-19: India reports 3,038 cases, nine deaths
The death toll climbed to 5,30,901 with nine deaths. While two deaths each were reported from Delhi and Punjab, one each was reported by Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand in a span of 24 hours and two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated
India sees a surge in COVID-19 cases: Does the country need a fourth jab?
India has registered 3,641 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The caseload over the past week has gone up at the fastest rate since the third wave the country battled in January 2022. Is a fourth precautionary dose needed? Experts say taking a booster shot may not be very beneficial
Remain cautious and wear mask, focus should be on clinical cases: Experts on Covid surge in Delhi
Delhi recorded 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest in over seven months, with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department
India sees record six-month high in COVID cases: Is it time to worry?
India recorded 3,016 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours — a 40 per cent jump since the day before. Experts attribute the rise in infections to the emergence of the XBB.1.16 Omicron variant, which has a high transmission rate
Delhi logs 153 fresh COVID-19 cases, positivity rate jumps to 9.13%
Delhi reported 139 cases with a positivity rate of 4.98 per cent on Saturday. It saw 152 cases with a positivity rate of 6.66 per cent on Friday and 117 cases with a positivity rate of 4.95 per cent on Thursday
Canada to drop mandatory COVID tests for travelers from China
Like several other countries, Canada imposed temporary testing measures for travellers from the region in January.
New York City has eight million rats and they could carry COVID variants: How worried should people be?
A new study has found that New York City rats can be infected by the virus that causes COVID-19. Can they transmit it to people? There’s no evidence yet, but it’s one more reason to stay away from the rodents
'Don't make profits on publicly funded medicines', open letter blames rich nations for allowing deaths during pandemic
Reports is backed by an analysis based on a study published in the Lancet which claims that this inequality caused 1.3 million avoidable deaths, one every 24 seconds, globally in the first year alone of the Covid vaccine rollout
US Senate unanimously clears bill to declassify all information on Covid-19 origin
Republican Congressmen have requested for documents that may shed some light on the coronavirus origin from the Department of Energy (DoE), the Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Is London silent on lab leak of COVID19 so as not to upset China?
“It is important that there is some transparency, whether it be someone from MI5 or MI6 or whether it be a minister, and I think it would be beneficial to set out some of the intelligence on what they feel happened,” says Tory MP
Is it time to start believing in the COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory?
We heard about it early on in the pandemic and it’s back in the news. Now the US energy department and the FBI have endorsed the theory that COVID-19 originated in a lab in China’s Wuhan. Is this the truth? What do scientists say?
The latest in the COVID 'lab leak' theory: What we know and don't know about the origins of the pandemic
The US Energy Department concluded with ‘low confidence’ that coronavirus was most likely caused by an unintentional laboratory leak in China. However, intelligence agencies remain divided on the subject
Deer could be harbouring old COVID variants: Should we be worried?
According to a new study, the COVID-19 alpha and gamma variants continue to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer even after they stopped spreading widely among humans
Doctors in Hong Kong suspicious about people chasing COVID antiviral drugs
For nearly three years, the country maintained some of the toughest pandemic controls in the world, mandating mass testing and locking down cities such as Shanghai for months
France extends Covid tests for travellers from China till February 15
France on Saturday said it had extended until February 15 Covid tests for travellers arriving from China due to the "evolving situation".
South Korea extends restrictions on China arrivals amid concerns over post holiday COVID surge
South Korea in early January stopped issuing most short-term visas at its consulates in China
Bharat Biotech's nasal Covid vaccine launched
The nasal vaccine -- BBV154 -- had received the Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) approval in November for restricted emergency use among adults as a heterologous booster dose