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New Delhi : With the administration of more than 56 lakh vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage on Saturday exceeded 165.04 crore, as per the health ministry report. This has been achieved through…

London : People with even mild Covid infections are likely to have hidden damage to their lungs after an initial bout of illness, a small pilot study in the UK has shown.While earlier long Covid was seen among people with severe Covid, the…

London : The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron is 1.5 times more transmissible than the original Omicron strain, according to a study led by Danish researchers.Omicron, which is also referred to as B.1.1.529, has three main substrains, BA.1,…

New Delhi : In the last 24 hours, India logged 2,35,532 new Covid cases and 871 deaths, the union Health Ministry said on Saturday.The additional fatalities increased the overall death toll to 4,93,198.Meanwhile, the active caseload has…

New Delhi : Wuhan is back in the news as a team of scientists there have warned of a lethal variant called 'NeoCov' that requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells and carries the combination of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome…

New York : US researchers have identified four factors that are linked to a person's risk of developing long lasting symptoms post a Covid infection.People with the debilitating condition called long Covid continue to experience symptoms,…

Geneva : Chinese researchers have detected a new type of coronavirus among bats in South Africa. While research claims it has latent ability to mutate, the World Health Organisation has said its potential needs further clarity.According to…

New York : US drug maker Moderna has started trial of a Covid booster vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant, the company has announced.This is after Pfizer began an Omicron-specific trial early this week. The company expect…

New Delhi : India on Friday reported a marginal decline with 2,51,209 new Covid cases registered in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.In the same time span, 627 additional fatalities were also reported which…

Washington : Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 365.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.63 million and vaccinations to over 9.89 billion, according to Johns Hopkins…