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China likely seeing 1 mn Covid infections, 5,000 virus deaths every day
The situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion...
Random Covid testing for arriving international passengers from December 24
Prime Minister Modi urged everyone to follow Covid-appropriate...
U.S. Labor Dept withdrawing COVID vaccine rule for large employers
President Joe Biden unveiled in September several regulations aimed at increasing the U.S. adult vaccination rate, which currently stands at about 74%, according to government data, among the lowest for developed nations. The rules sparked legal challenges by...
WHO-US EPA partnership to unravel linkage between health and climate change
Five year agreement recognises the increased environmental and public health risks from the warming global climate and prioritizes environmental justice WHO estimates that 24% of all global deaths, and 28% of deaths among children under five, are linked to the...
India logs 3,06,064 new COVID-19 cases; daily positivity rate over 20 pc
The ministry has said that India's active caseload currently stands at 22,49,335. It accounts for 5.69 per cent of the total cases.The government data shows that 439 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours New Delhi: India on Monday reported a decline in...
Omicron in community transmission stage in India, dominant in metros reporting surge: INSACOG
“Omicron is now in community transmission in India and has become dominant in multiple metros, where new cases have been rising exponentially. BA.2 lineage is in a substantial fraction in India and S gene dropout based screening is thus likely to give high false...
Airlines to supermarkets: Living with Covid is tough in gridlocked economy
Still, as the pandemic persists into its third year, it’s becoming clearer by the day that a return to economic normality is some way off. The global economy is now split between those countries living with the virus and China’s dogged pursuit of Covid-zero From...
India reports over 3.33 lakh new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate at 17.78 pc
As many as 525 fatalities were registered in the last 24 hours, taking the country's death toll to 4,89,409. The total recoveries climbed to 3,65,60,650 with 2,59,168 people recovered in the past 24 hours, the ministry said India reported 3,33,533 new COVID-19 cases...
Pandemic darlings face the boot as investors eye return to normal life
"What we think is very interesting is that Omicron, because of its very high infectiousness, very low morbidity compared to previous waves such as the Delta variant, might actually be the first tangible sign that the pandemic is evolving in the direction that we all...
3 doses of mRNA Covid vaccines very effective against Omicron, Delta: Study
"Our findings provide important evidence that booster shots are highly effective and those who are unvaccinated are at significantly greater risk of experiencing more severe Covid-19 outcomes and should get vaccinated and boostered as soon as possible," researcher...
UK classifies new form of Omicron as ‘variant under investigation’
In total, 40 countries have uploaded 8,040 BA.2 sequences to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) since November 17, 2021 and at this point, it is not possible to determine where the sub-lineage may have originated, . London: A new form of...
With 3.37 lakh new COVID-19 cases, India reports 9,550 less infections in last 24 hrs
In the last 24 hours, 488 people succumbed to the virus. The death toll is now at 4,88,884. A total of 10,050 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected so far. The ministry said that there is an increase of 3.69 per cent in Omicron cases since yesterday...