SARS-CoV-2

New Delhi : India on Friday reported 2,841 new Covid cases, a marginal rise against the 2,827 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, nine additional fatalities took the overall death toll…

Copenhagen : The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in Europe has exceeded two million, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office said. The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region has surpassed 218 million,…

New Delhi : India on Thursday witnessed a marginal decline in Covid-19 cases with 2,827 fresh infections registered in the past 24 hours, against previous day's 2,897, as per the Union Health Ministry's data. In the same period, 24…

Geneva : Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in more than a dozen countries driving Covid outbreaks across the world, according to the World Health Organization. According to WHO's technical lead on Covid Maria Van…

Sydney : The state of Western Australia (WA) continues to see a spike in Covid-19 infections, which arouses concern for its healthcare system. WA Health recorded 16,670 new Covid-19 cases till 8 p.m. Wednesday evening, a slight drop from…

Seoul : North Korea on Thursday announced its first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and declared the implementation of the "maximum emergency" virus control system. Authorities concluded that samples collected from fever-ridden…

Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia reported 3,321 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the national total to 4,467,061, according to the Health Ministry. More than 3,000 Covid-19 cases were reported as of Wednesday mindnight. There are 10 new imported…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 518.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.25 million and vaccinations to over 11.37 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on…

New Delhi : India on Wednesday registered a rise in fresh Covid-19 cases at 2,897, against previous day's 2,288, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, 54 Covid fatalities were reported taking the nationwide toll to 5,24,157.…

London : People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill compared to those without diabetes, finds a study. The study conducted by researchers from the…