Geneva: The World Health Organization announced that a million people had died from COVID-19 in 2022, calling it a "tragic milestone" when all the tools existed to prevent deaths. Nearly 6.45 million deaths have been reported to the WHO since the virus was first detected in
London: Polio, a deadly disease that used to paralyse tens of thousands of children every year, is spreading in London, New York, and Jerusalem for the first time in decades, spurring catch-up vaccination campaigns. Dreaded disease Polio terrified parents around the world for the first half of
New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 12,608 new coronavirus infections taking the tally to 4,42,98,864. The death toll climbed to 5,27,206 with 72 fatalities, including 29 fatalities by Kerala, the data updated the Indian Health Ministry on Friday. The active cases comprised 0.23 per
London: Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both the original and Omicron version of the virus. The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) gave the so-called bivalent vaccine
New Delhi: A nursing student who used a single syringe to administer the coronavirus vaccine to more than 30 high school students in central India has been arrested. Police said Jitendra Ahirwar, who was trained to carry out a vaccination program by a local health department
New Delhi: India has recorded a total of 20,044 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally of cases to 4,37,30,071, while the count of active cases of the disease has increased to 1,40,760, according to Union Health Ministry data updated today.
Wellington: A new wave of coronavirus infections is rapidly spreading through Asia, prompting warnings for residents from New Zealand to Japan to take precautions to slow the outbreak and help prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed.
Geneva: A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. On COVID-19, “globally reported cases have increased nearly 30% over the past two weeks.