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Wellington : New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Saturday.A person who travelled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant,…

New York : US researchers have found that an abnormally suppressed immune system may be to blame for long Covid-19 and not a persistently hyperactive one previously thought.In a subset of persons who recover from the initial Covid illness,…

New Delhi : In the last 24 hours, India reported 2,527 new Covid-19 cases, a marginal increase against the 2,451 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.Also in the same period, an additional 33…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 508.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.22 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday…

Los Angeles : Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021, following heart disease and cancer, according to a report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The report released on…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 509.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.23 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Sunday…

New Delhi : In the last 24 hours, India reported 2,593 new Covid-19 cases, which is a marginal increase over the 2,527 infections registered the previous day, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Sunday.Also in the same…

London : One year after having Covid-19, only around one in four patients, who were hospitalised, felt fully well again, says a new study.The study, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that being female versus being male (32…

New Delhi : The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), Pune, has reported a case of three-time Covid infection in an individual who was vaccinated with the Covishield jab against the virus.The…

New York : The SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infect a specialised type of kidney cell, explaining why acute kidney injury is one of the main complications observed in patients with severe Covid-19, finds a study. Primarily known to infect…