Corona Virus

Geneva : Even as the world is not over the pandemic yet, it is facing a significant and formidable challenge of the monkeypox outbreak that has so far infected over 100 people in about 15 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.…

New Delhi : India reported a marginal decline at 2,022 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours against the previous day’s count of 2,226, the Union Health Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday morning. In the same period, the…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 525.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.27 million and vaccinations to over 11.44 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday…

Addis Ababa : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 11,596,707, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. The specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) said the death toll…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 527.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.44 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Sunday…

Manila : The Philippines has detected the Covid-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.4 in a Filipino citizen who flew in from the Middle East earlier this month, the Department of Health (DOH) said.The DOH said the asymptomatic patient, who arrived in…

New Delhi : India on Sunday reported 2,226 fresh Covid cases, a decline against the 2,323 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said.In the same period, the country also reported 65 Covid fatalities, taking the…

London : A SARS-CoV-2 test for bats using faecal samples could boost understanding of how wild animals transmit viruses to other animals and humans.The test, developed by researchers at Imperial College London, could be adapted for other…

New Delhi : The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) on Sunday confirmed the first case of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Covid-19 in India.”A-19-year-old female in Tamil Nadu has been found infected with the BA.4 variant of…

Seoul : North Korea on Saturday announced it has confirmed around 220,000 new cases of fever and another death, nine days after publicly admitting a Covid-19 outbreak. Leader Kim Jong-un also had a ruling Workers’ Party politburo meeting to…