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New Delhi : IANS India got a helping hand from Iran to transport humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan .As External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the…

London : An algorithm that can accurately predict the risk of developing severe complications due to Covid-19, including hospitalisation and death, has been developed by Dutch researchers.The algorithm can be applied to identify persons…

New Delhi : Cyprus has detected a new variant dubbed as "Deltacron", that has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, coupled with 10 mutations from Omicron.The variant has already affected 25 people in Cyprus.According to Dr…

New Delhi : With 552 fresh new Omicron cases detected in last 24 hrs, India's tally of this highly transmissible Covid-19 varaint has climbed to 3,623, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.Of the total, 1,409 people have recovered so…

Patna : Police in Bihar's Madhepura district have registered an FIR against an elderly person for taking 12 Covid-19 vaccine doses.The FIR was registered on the written complaint given by the in-charge of a orimary health centre in Puraini…

New Delhi: With 64 fresh Omicron infections being detected in last 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible Covid-19 variant has mounted to 3,071, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday morning.Of the total, 1,203…

London : A fourth Covid jab is not yet needed, say UK experts, because booster doses continue to provide high protection against severe disease from the Omicron variant among older adults.UK Health Security Agency data show three months…

New Delhi : The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that there is no need for new registration for beneficiaries of precautionary Covid-19 vaccine dose."Those who have taken two doses of Covid-19 vaccine can directly take an…

New Delhi : Individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 are 3 to 5 times more likely to be reinfected with the Omicron variant compared to Delta, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).According to Hans Henri P Kluge, the WHO's…

New Delhi : Although studies claim Omicron to be mild, there is no plausible reason to think that the highly-transmissible variant will not cause long Covid conditions among survivors, experts said on Friday.According to the Centers for…