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Covid-mutation risk drives rush to test travellers from China across world
The scenario echoes the pandemic’s early days, when China was...
China could see as many as 25,000 deaths a day from Covid-19 in Jan
The jump in cases has fueled concern across the globe about the...
Global Covid-19 caseload rises to 422.8 mn, fatalities at 5.88 million
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,457,081 and 934,951, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,780,235 infections and 510,905 deaths), followed by Brazil...
WHO calls for cooperation to face of common threats from Covid-19 pandemic
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General,World Health Organization Tedros recalled that 70,000 people were dying each week from a preventable and treatable disease; that 83 per cent of the population in Africa was yet to receive a single Covid-19 vaccine dose; and...
Omicron subvariant BA.2 may cause severe disease, lab study suggests
"Neutralisation experiments show that the vaccine-induced humoral immunity fails to function against BA.2 like BA.1," the authors of the study said The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is not only faster at spreading, but may also cause more severe...
‘Deltacron’ is real, more cases pop up in the UK
Several "recombinant" variants have been detected in the pandemic, but they have not led to any serious outbreaks. Scientists say it is "rare" for these to occur, but when they do the variant is normally "less fit" than its rivals and easily outcompete London:...
Fauci says time to start ‘inching’ back toward normality
Dr. Anthony Fauci Even with the positive trends, COVID numbers remain high with some 2,200 Americans dying each day, most of them unvaccinated Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that it is time for the United States to start inching...
Centre asks states, UTs to end additional COVID-19 restrictions amid decline in cases
"Presently, as the case trajectory across the nation is showing a sustained downward trend, it will be useful if states/UTs review and amend/do away with the additional restrictions so imposed after considering the trend of new cases, active cases and positivity...
Covid can be said to have become endemic only after 4 weeks of consistently low cases: Virologist
He also said the endemic phase of COVID-19 is expected to last many months and it is '' most unlikely'' that another variant with higher transmissibility than Omicron and greater virulence than Delta will emerge The third wave of COVID-19 in India has been plateauing....
ICICI Lombard lends a personal touch to Health Insurance with Video Calling
ICICI Lombard, has introduced a video calling facility for all its customers purchasing health insurance. This initiative allows a customer to make an instant video call or schedule one via the official website on their smartphone or laptop in just three simple steps....
Leading with Empathy into the Hybrid Working Future
With the recent influence of the global health crisis, increasing shifts in personal priorities are changing employees' expectations of work culture. Tanay Kediyal, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Allstate Solutions Private Limited (ASPL) shares his views...
What coronavirus has in store for the world next
The crisis isn’t over until it’s over everywhere. The effects will continue to reverberate through wealthier nations — disrupting supply chains, travel plans and health care — as the coronavirus largely dogs under-vaccinated developing countries over the coming...