Corona Virus

New York : A team of researchers has helped develop a Covid-19 testing device that can detect coronavirus infection in as little as 30 seconds as sensitively and accurately as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, the gold standard of…

New Delhi : Ahead of the opening of the booster drive for all the 18 plus range, vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has announced a considerable reduction in the price of its Covishield vaccine for private hospitals from Rs 600…

Canberra : Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved Covid-19 booster vaccines for adolescents as young as 12.The TGA announced provisional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine as a booster for…

Shanghai : Shanghai, where a nine-day lockdown is currently in place, will conduct a new round of citywide Covid-19 screenings, an official announced on Saturday.Based on the test results, the city will manage different areas according to…

New Delhi : Private Covid vaccination centres can only charge up to Rs 150 as service fee for the precaution dose over and above the cost of the jab, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.Under the chairmanship of Rajesh…

London : People who have taken a booster dose are likely to recover from Omicron three days earlier than in the case of a Delta infection, claims a study published in The Lancet journal.The study led by a team at King's College London…

New Delhi : While many people who recover from Covid-19 experience long-term symptoms, such as brain fog or heart problems, increasing evidence suggests that the virus can also impair fertility in men. The pilot study, led by a team of…

New Delhi : The Union Health Ministry on Friday announced that the Covid precaution dose will be available for adults above the age of 18 at private vaccination centres from Sunday (April 10).All those who are more than 18 years of age…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 496.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.17 million and vaccinations to over 11.08 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday…

New Delhi : One of India's top virologists, Gagandeep Kang, said on Thursday that going by what we know about the 'XE' variant of Covid-19 till now, it doesn't seem there is too much cause to worry. The variant spreads a little faster, but…