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  Corona Goes Out Of Control In China, 1.25 billion people might get infected by December 31

  News | December 23, 2022 17:25 IST

  Corona Virus Latest News | Omicron BF.7 Cases in China | Corona virus seems to be getting out of control in China. The hospital in Shanghai has made a sensational disclosure, they said, by December 31, 1.25 crore people there can be Corona positive.

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  China seeing nearly 1 mn daily Covid cases, may report over 4 mn every 24 hours in March: Report

  World | December 23, 2022 6:18 IST

  China Covid Wave: Even as country is witnessing one of its most contagious Covid wave, Chinese officials and companies are letting positive people return to work in a bid to keep the economy running.

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  Covid-19: NCDC testing sewage samples in Delhi to check for virus amid fresh surge in global cases

  India | December 22, 2022 22:57 IST

  Covid-19: According to officials, the Omicron sub-variant BF.7 of the coronavirus has not been detected in the sewage surveillance reports for the last four consecutive weeks.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: How Does India Plan To Combat The New Variant Of COVID Following The Outbreak In China?

  Aaj Ki Baat | December 29, 2022 16:12 IST

  Aaj Ki Baat: How Does India Plan To Combat The New Variant Of COVID Following The Outbreak In China? | COVID Outbreak In China | COVID BF 7 Variant | COVID Cases In India

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  Centre issues new guidelines for international passengers amid fresh Covid fears

  India | December 23, 2022 16:27 IST

  Covid: The Centre has issued protocols to be complied by international travellers as well as points of entry (airports, seaports and land border) and shall be valid w.e.f. December 24, 2022 till further orders, as Covid cases rise in some countries.

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  Covid cases rising: Indian exporters keeping fingers crossed over China situation

  Business | December 22, 2022 21:13 IST

  Covid New Wave: Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said that if the cases continue to increase in the coming days, it may have implications on imports.

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  Schools, societies in Delhi-NCR bolster Covid preparedness amid fresh fears

  India | December 22, 2022 20:53 IST

  Covid New Wave: Just when people were taking a breather from long months of Covid-led pandemic and life was normalising with offices and colleges and schools back to routine, the news from China of a new variant surging and causing havoc has again made citizens and authorities anxious.

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  PM Modi in high-level Covid meet: Ramp up testing, genome sequencing, wear mask | 10 Points

  India | December 23, 2022 6:19 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting after a sudden rise of Covid cases in China and some other countries which have raised concerns of a possible new wave across the world.

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  Covid: What triggered China's deadly wave and should the world worry?

  World | December 22, 2022 21:32 IST

  China Covid Wave: Experts are of the view that the efficacy of the Chinese-home-made vaccines are not up to the level of foreign-made mRNA vaccines, as the former provide only 50 per cent efficacy.

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  Covid Alert: No entry for tourists in Taj Mahal without testing | DETAILS inside

  India | December 22, 2022 16:23 IST

  Covid Alert: No tourists will be allowed to enter the premises of the Taj Mahal without testing. The District Health Information Officer in Agra informed that the Taj Mahal in Agra is put on alert.

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  BJP's idea to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi responds to Health Minister's Covid alert letter

  India | December 22, 2022 15:53 IST

  Rahul Gandhi Bharat Jodo Yatra: The Congress had reacted sharply over the Health Minister's letter saying was PM Modi wearing mask during election rallies in Gujarat.

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  FACT CHECK: Covid Omicron XBB variant 5-times dangerous than delta! Here's the truth

  India | December 25, 2022 13:55 IST

  Covid Omicron XBB variant: The viral message claims that Omicron XBB variant is so dangerous that it can not be detected through RT-PCR test and also has no peculiar symptoms.

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  No taste, smell even months after COVID? Study finds Parosmia persists for long post infection

  Health | December 22, 2022 10:58 IST

  The research team investigated the prevalence of long Covid, and particularly ear, nose and throat-related symptoms such as smell loss and parosmia - where people experience strange and often unpleasant smell distortions. The symptoms include headache, myalgia, fatigue and loss of taste and smell.

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  All hypotheses on Covid origin remain on table, will continue to call China to share data: WHO

  World | December 22, 2022 6:13 IST

  China Covid Blast: We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies we have requested, and which we continue to request. As I have said many times before, all hypotheses about the origins of Covid19 pandemic remain on the table, WHO Director said.

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  New Covid Wave: How India's situation will be better than China? Ex-AIIMS Director explains

  India | December 22, 2022 6:13 IST

  China Covid Wave: As Covid cases are rising in China, India is on alert, with Centre giving new directions to health bodies to pep up Covid appropriate behaviour and conducting genome sequencing to identify the sub-variant of the virus.

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  China Covid Wave: How infectious is new Omicron BF.7 sub-variant and its symptoms

  India | December 21, 2022 21:07 IST

  China Covid wave: The new Omicron sub-variant is more infectious than previous variants. A person infected with BF.7 variant can infect 10 to 18 people.

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  Opinion | India on full alert after fresh outbreak of Covid in China

  India | December 22, 2022 6:13 IST

  At a high-level review meeting on Wednesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chalked out a strategy to tackle the emerging crisis.

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  4 cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, driving China's Covid surge, detected in India

  India | December 22, 2022 6:13 IST

  Covid Omicron Subvariant BF.7 cases in India: The first case of BF.7 in India was detected in October by Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre. So far, two cases have been reported from Gujarat while one case has been reported from Odisha.

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  Chinese singer Jane Zhang infects herself with COVID for this purpose, gets brutally trolled

  Celebrities | December 21, 2022 17:31 IST

  Chinese singer Jane Zhang visited the homes of 'sheep' – a colloquial term for coronavirus carriers in mainland China - to get infected. She has been trolled online over this.

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  ‘Please postpone ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ if…’: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to Rahul Gandhi, Gehlot

  India | December 21, 2022 11:23 IST

  Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rajashtan CM Ashok Gehlot urging them to follow Covid norms triggered a fresh political battle between the grand old party and BJP.