Covid-19 Vaccine

New Delhi : In the last 24 hours, India reported 1,260 new Covid-19 cases and 83 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.The new fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 5,21,264.Amid a continuous downward trend, India's…

Seoul : South Korea's new daily Covid-19 cases remained below 300,000 for the second consecutive day on Saturday as the Omicron variant was spreading at a slower pace after peaking out in March.The country reported 264,171 new Covid-19…

Ottawa : Border measures eased in Canada on Friday as fully vaccinated travellers no longer need pre-arrival Covid-19 testing to enter the country either by land or air.Vaccinated people could still be subject to random molecular tests when…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 488.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.14 million and vaccinations to over 10.88 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Friday…

New York : Vaccination of 5 to 11-year-olds reduced hospitalisations with Covid-19 by more than two thirds during the Omicron surge and also protected against severe illness, according to a new study.The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for…

Geneva : Even as some high-income countries have rolled out fourth and fifth Covid vaccine doses, one-third of the world's population is yet to receive a single dose, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom…

New Delhi : India on Thursday reported 1,225 fresh Covid-19 infections, a marginal fall from previous day's count of 1,233 cases, as per the Union Health Ministry's data.A total of 28 Covid-related deaths were also reported in the last 24…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 486.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.13 million and vaccinations to over 10.94 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thursday…

Helsinki : Finnish medical experts believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, may never become a common seasonal flu, Helsinki's Ilta-Sanomat newspaper has reported.Ilkka Julkunen, professor of virology at the University of…

Stockholm : A new Covid prophylactic from AstraZeneca has been authorised for use in Sweden.Evusheld has been licensed recently for prescription to individuals who, due to underlying medical conditions, have not developed satisfying…