Covid-19

Singapore rings alarm for November peak of new Omicron variant

As alarm increases over the new ‘immunity-evasive’ Omicron variant of Covid-19 called the XBB strain, the health minister of Singapore....

Singapore health officials extend use of Moderna vaccine for kids

Singapore news: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for...

Singapore gives nod to Pfizer’s oral drug for treating COVID

In a big boost to health sector, Singapore has finally approved Pfizer's oral antiviral tablet Paxlovid for treating COVID-19, the...

UP on toes amid fresh rise in COVID cases

India News: UP CM Yogi Adityanath has directed all the National Capital Region (NCR) district officials to be vigilant, following rise in...

India’s COVID tally reaches 43,088,118 with 3,205 cases in a day

India has reported 3,205 new COVID cases, pushing the country’s cumulative tally to 43,088,118, while the number of fatalities touched...

China cracks down as anti-COVID protest reaches Wuhan

News: China’s anti-COVID lockdown protests gained momentum for the third day as scores of demonstrators took to the streets of Wuhan.

India's active Covid cases fall below 7,000

News: logged 406 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,46,69,421, while the active cases dipped to 6,402,...

India logs 4,043 new Covid cases in a day

India recorded 4,043 new COVID-19 cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health...

India records 5,072 new Covid cases

India News: 5,072 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4.44 crore while the active cases...

India logs over 9k new COVID cases, 30 deaths

India has recorded 9,436 new COVID cases in a day, taking the cumulative tally to 4,44,08,132, while the count of active cases has declined...

India logs over 11,500 fresh COVID cases

India has recorded 11,539 new COVID cases, pushing the tally to 4,43,39,429, while the number of active cases came down to 99,879, according...

Indian government to offer free COVID booster jabs

India@75: The Union government will administer booster doses against the coronavirus disease free of cost to all adults for 75 days to mark...

Singapore logs over 9,000 fresh Covid cases; death toll hits 1,411

Singapore has reported 9,392 fresh COVID cases, while the cumulative death toll has climbed to 1,411 with another fatality.

Saudi Arabia sets travel curbs for India, 15 other nations amid COVID spike

Saudi Arabia has announced restrictions for those of its citizens travelling to India and 15 other countries after resurgence in COVID...

WHO charts India with 4.74 million 'excess COVID deaths', highest in the world

News: World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated there were 4.74 million COVID deaths in India in 2020 and 2021, which is the highest in...

India's Covid tally climb to 43,057,545 with 2,593 new cases

India's COVID tally reached 43,057,545 with 2,593 fresh infections, while the active cases jumped to 15,873.

Delhi revives mask mandates after jump in cases, violators to pay fine of INR 500

India News: COVID cases rise in New Delhi, the state government has revived the masks mandate in public places and announced that those...

India sees 1,150 new COVID cases in a day, four deaths

India has recorded 1,150 fresh COVID cases, taking the country's total tally to 4,30,42,097, while four new deaths pushed the toll to...

India logs first Omicron sub-variant XE case in Mumbai

India has reported first case of Omicron sub-variant XE in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a statement.

Delhi, Maharashtra to do away with masks at public areas

Delhi and Maharashtra have decided to lift the face mask mandate amid a drop in Covid cases, but advised to put on covers at crowded places.

India Covid tally less than 2,000 for eighth day

COVID cases in India continued to remain below 2,000 cases for the eighth day in a row. In the last 24 hours, 1,421 new cases health...

India charts COVID codes for 12-14 age group

The central government of India announced Covid guidelines for the children between 12 and 14 years that is set to kick off from today and...

India set to resume regular operations of international flights from March 27

India will resume operations of scheduled international commercial flights from March 27 after a two-year hiatus. Government of India has...

India extends ban on regular international flights till further orders

Scheduled international passenger flights in India will remain suspended till further orders, aviation regulator Directorate General of...

Indian Home Ministry asks states, Union Territories to lift Covid curbs as cases drop

India’s Home Ministry today asked all its states and union territories to relax Covid restrictions and night curbs amid substantial slump...

Singapore eases COVID entry rules but negative report must for Indian travellers

Singapore has announced relaxation of entry and testing requirements for vaccinated travel lane (VTL) passengers, but Indian travellers have...

India likely to allow normalisation of international flights by April

Are international flights open or still banned in India? Indian government is considering resuming international flights by March-April....

India sees COVID dip, but surge in five states

COVID cases in India is showing a sustained downward trend. But five states have the highest infection count in the last 24 hours.

India eases arrival norms for travellers from 82 nations

India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued revised guidelines for travellers arriving from overseas, putting an end to the...

Modi congratulates India for fully inoculating 75% of its population

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on twitter congratulated the citizens as the country fully vaccinated 75% of its population. and thanks...