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  Tamil Nadu makes face-mask mandatory, violators to cough up Rs 500

  India | April 22, 2022 14:37 IST

  Health dept has directed all district administration to collect fine of Rs 500 from public for not wearing mask and appealed to the people to follow covid prevention guidelines as laid down by govt.

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  COVID: India reports over 2,000 new cases for 3rd consecutive day; active cases rise to 14,241

  India | April 23, 2022 9:10 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 14,241 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID pandemic: China logs over 2,800 new cases with surge in fresh infections

  World | April 21, 2022 12:22 IST

  Across China, cities are locking down their residents, supply lines are rupturing, and officials are scrambling to secure movement of basic goods, with its largest-ever recorded outbreak of COVID threatening to spiral into a national crisis of govt's own making.

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  COVID: India reports 2,067 new cases with 40 deaths in a day

  India | April 20, 2022 9:46 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 12,340 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID: India reports 975 new cases with 4 fatalities in a day

  India | April 16, 2022 9:27 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 11,366 the health ministry data showed today.

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  India reports 949 new COVID cases with 6 fatalities in single day

  India | April 15, 2022 9:30 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 11,191 the health ministry data showed today.

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  US FDA authorises first COVID diagnostic test using breath samples

  World | April 15, 2022 7:54 IST

  FDA said the device was 91.2% accurate at identifying positive test samples and 99.3% accurate at identifying negative test samples.

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  COVID: Delhi records over 290 new cases, positivity rate rises to 2.49 per cent

  India | April 14, 2022 10:08 IST

  The daily spike of 299 new cases on Apr 13 was a marked rise from 137 cases reported on Apr 11, according to health dept data.

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  India reports 1,054 new COVID cases with 29 fatalities in a day

  India | April 10, 2022 9:40 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 11,132 the ministry data showed today.

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  India reports 1,086 new COVID cases with 71 fatalities in a day

  India | April 06, 2022 9:32 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 11,871 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID: Omicron subvariant BA.2 becomes dominant strain in United States, says CDC

  World | March 30, 2022 7:34 IST

  The BA.2 variant represented 54.9 per cent of new COVID cases for the week ending March 26, according to CDC data.

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  COVID pandemic: India reports 1,421 new cases with 149 deaths in single day

  India | March 27, 2022 9:27 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 16,187 the health ministry data showed today.

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  Kerala government earned Rs 350 crore by penalising COVID norm violators

  India | March 24, 2022 13:19 IST

  According to the state govt figures, roughly one fifth of the population of 3.30 crores have been penalised for breaking the safety rules.

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  COVID pandemic not gone, expect uptick in cases due to BA.2 subvariant: Dr Anthony Fauci

  World | March 21, 2022 14:17 IST

  Fauci said that BA.2 subvariant is estimated to account for about 25 or 30 per cent of new cases in the US, and could also become the most dominant variant in the country, CNBC reported.

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  India adds 6,396 new COVID cases with 201 fatalities in single day

  India | March 04, 2022 13:30 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 69,897 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID pandemic: Pentagon says masks 'no longer required indoors'

  World | March 03, 2022 8:44 IST

  The decision was made per new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a press release, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Coronavirus pandemic: India reports 15,102 new cases with positivity rate at 1.28%; 278 deaths

  India | February 24, 2022 9:39 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 1,64,522 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom calls for cooperation, financing to end pandemic

  World | February 19, 2022 11:50 IST

  The WHO chief made the remarks on Feb 18 at a panel discussion titled "Get Well Soon: Finding a Way Out of the Pandemic" during the ongoing Munich Security Conference, reports Xinhua news agency.

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  Coronavirus pandemic: India reports 25,920 new cases with positivity rate at 2.07%; 492 deaths

  India | February 22, 2022 12:28 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 2,92,092 the health ministry data showed today.

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  Coronavirus pandemic: India reports 30,757 new cases with positivity rate at 2.61%; 541 deaths

  India | February 17, 2022 9:08 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 3,32,918 the health ministry data showed today.