COVID 19

Chandigarh : With the cases of Covid-19 rising rapidly across the country, mock drills were conducted at hospitals in Punjab on Monday and Tuesday, to ascertain the Covid-19 preparedness and to effectively tackle any kind of exigency. The…

New Delhi : The recent update on Covid-19 vaccine and booster dose by the World Health Organization (WHO) can lead to reduction in global demand and revenue for vaccines against the deadly infectious disease, according to a report on…

New York : Long Covid patients are more likely to suffer from sleep disturbances, according to a study.Researchers from Cleveland Clinic found 41 per cent of patients with long Covid had moderate to severe sleep disturbances. The…

New Delhi : The surging cases of Covid-19 infection has also started affecting infants and children, with many of them reporting high fever, cough and even itchy eyes and conjunctivitis, said doctors here on Monday. From the beginning,…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea alleging use of drugs Remdesivir and Favipiravir, without approval, for treatment of Covid-19 and also seeking CBI probe against ten Indian pharmaceutical firms for selling these…

New Delhi : India reported 5,880 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union health ministry on Monday.The daily positivity rate was at 6.91 per cent while weekly positivity rate stood at 3.67 per cent as per the data released by…

New Delhi : Even as the world gets into recovery mode post-pandemic, many people are still grappling with the symptoms of long Covid. According to the WHO, if you have recovered from Covid-19 but some symptoms stay stubborn, such as…

New York : A group of scientists in the US has identified an antibody that appears to block infection by all dominant variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, including Omicron. The discovery could lead to more potent vaccines and new…

New Delhi : Adults hospitalised with the Omicron variant have a higher death rate than those hospitalised with seasonal influenza, even though Omicron is considered less virulent with lower case fatality rates than the Delta and Alpha…

New Delhi : The Centre on Friday told the states and Union territories that currently the World Health Organisation is closely tracking one variant of interest (VOI), XBB.1.5 and six other variants are under monitoring BQ.1, BA.2.75,…