COVID 19

Thiruvananthapuram: With five Omicron positive cases being detected in Kerala, State Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday that screening, especially at the airports, seaports will be strengthened.The minister was addressing the…

Washington ": Existing vaccines and booster shots against Covid are sufficient to prevent Omicron infections, said top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, as he advised against changing the vaccines to fight the new, highly…

Karachi : West Indies' ongoing tour of Pakistan looks in doubt on Thursday after three players and two members of the support staff returned positive PCR tests, taking the number of total positive players to six.Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, and…

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday asked the states and UTs to review and monitor the status of oxygen concentrators, ventilators, oxygen cylinders, Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) plants and Medical Gas Pipeline systems (MGPS)…

London : Even as the Omicron variant continues to spread, European nations including Germany, Hungary, Greece, and Spain have started vaccinating children as young as five and upto 11 years of age, against Covid-19 from Wednesday.The…

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu health department is on a high alert after a family of seven, who arrived from Nigeria with Covid-19, is under observation at the King Institute of Preventive medicine here.A slight increase in Covid-19 cases has…

New York : Vaccines developed by US drugmakers Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson against Covid-19 have proved to be less effective against the new super mutant Omicron variant that has now spread to 77 countries.The Omicron variant,…

Beijing : About four in 10 Covid cases are asymptomatic, making them potential sources of increased transmission of the infectious disease, according to a study.The study led by researchers at Peking University in China evaluated the…

Hyderabad : Telangana on Wednesday reported the first case of Omicron with two air passengers from Kenya and Somalia testing positive for the new variant of Covid-19.Both the cases were detected among air passengers from non-risk countries.…

New Delhi : The Omicron variant is spreading at an unprecedented rate, the World Health Organization has said.WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus said that a total of 77 countries have reported Omicron cases so far but the reality is…