SARS-CoV-2

Rome : Italy has began the process of distributing a second Covid-19 booster shot to the most high-risk members of its population.Italy's medicines agency, AIFA, gave its approval to the distribution of second booster doses to those over…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 499.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.18 million and vaccinations to over 11.11 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday…

Singapore : The overall risk of myopericarditis - a type of heart inflammation - following a Covid-19 vaccination is rare and is comparable to or lower than the risk following non-Covid shots, confirms a study published in The Lancet…

Gaborone : The Botswana Health Ministry says it has detected a new lineage of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.The infected are currently being monitored to establish more information on the potential impact of the disease and its severity, the…

New Delhi : South African scientists have detected two new sub-variants of the highly contagious Omicron variant - BA.4 and BA.5.According to Tulio de Oliveira, Director of Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), South Africa,…

Geneva : One-dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine offers solid protection against cervical cancer, according to a recent review by the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE).The SAGE met…

Washington : Although the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the US is of concern, it is not yet alarming and the officials are monitoring it "very, very carefully", says Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert.Since April…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 498.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.17 million and vaccinations to over 11.09 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Sunday…

New Delhi : Administration of Covid precaution dose for all adults at private hospitals across the country got underway on Sunday."Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government is taking various steps to defeat Covid.…

New Delhi : Amid a global rise in Covid cases driven by BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, India is also seeing a slow yet steady rise in the number of infections in several states.This comes as two cases of the new XE variant  a mutant hybrid of…