covid
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt hands over Covid ‘scam’ probe to CID
Bengaluru: The Congress-led government in Karnataka, headed by Siddaramaiah, handed over the Covid ‘scam’ investigation to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday, two months after lodging an FIR. The team headed…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad schools reintroduce health measures amid HMPV scare
Hyderabad: In light of the recent Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) concerns, various schools across Hyderabad have reintroduced several COVID-era health protocols to ensure the safety of students and staff. Advisories have been issued…
- Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal urges Centre to act swiftly on HMPV
New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday raised concern over the HMPV and urged the Centre to act swiftly to prevent a potential health crisis. Kejriwal‘s remarks came after the Union…
- World
COVID-19: Japan reports all-time high 489 deaths in single day
Tokyo: As it appears that the current global Covid wave is somewhat weakening, Japan on Thursday reported 489 Covid-related deaths on a single day, another record high for a country that is…
- World
China takes down social media accounts of Covid policy critics
London: China has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts – some with millions of followers – that criticised the government’s Covid policies. Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended…
- India
‘Follow COVID protocol or postpone Bharat Jodo Yatra’: Health Min writes to Rahul G
Delhi: Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya has written a letter to Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan chief minister, Ashok Gehlot asking to follow the COVID-19 guidelines strictly during the party’s Bharat…
- Middle East
Israeli scientists discover two antibodies may fight all known COVID-19 strains: Study
Jerusalem: Scientists in Israel have isolated two antibodies from the immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients that may neutralise all known strains of SARS-CoV-2, including Omicron, with up to 95 per cent…
- World
US cancer patient suffers Covid infection for 471 days
New Delhi: A cancer patient in US’ Connecticut has become the second longest-known in the world to be infected with Covid as he suffered the infection 471 days, according to a pre-print…
- Middle East
Israel approves AstraZeneca’s Covid drug for people with weakened immune systems
Jerusalem: The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the administration of AstraZeneca’s Evusheld COVID-19 drug to people with weakened immune systems. The antibody drug, which includes two injections of two types of…
- World
Hospitals in Indonesia gear up for Omicron surge
Jakarta: Hospitals in Indonesia are preparing to deal with cases of the more contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19, which has overwhelmed medical facilities in more than 150 countries, said the Chairperson of the…
