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London : A SARS-CoV-2 test for bats using faecal samples could boost understanding of how wild animals transmit viruses to other animals and humans.The test, developed by researchers at Imperial College London, could be adapted for other…

New Delhi : The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) on Sunday confirmed the first case of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Covid-19 in India."A-19-year-old female in Tamil Nadu has been found infected with the BA.4 variant of…

Seoul : North Korea on Saturday announced it has confirmed around 220,000 new cases of fever and another death, nine days after publicly admitting a Covid-19 outbreak. Leader Kim Jong-un also had a ruling Workers' Party politburo meeting to…

New Delhi : India reported a marginal decline at 2,259 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours against 2,364 infections reported the previous day, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday morning. In the same period,…

Singapore : Singapore reported 4,342 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally to 1,263,033. Among the new cases reported on Friday, 4,228 were local transmissions and 114 were imported cases, Xinhua news agency reported. Of the local…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 526.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on…

New Delhi : India on Saturday reported 2,323 fresh Covid cases, an increase against the 2,259 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, 25 new fatalities were reported which increased the…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 523.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.27 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday…

Singapore : Singapore reported 4,578 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally to 1,258,691. Among the new cases reported on Thursday, 4,471 were local transmissions and 107 were imported cases, Xinhua news agency reported. Of the…

New Delhi : India reported 2,364 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, which is an increase over the previous day's count of 1,829 infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday morning. In the same period, the country has…