covid-19
US adds Merck pill as second easy-to-use drug against COVID-19-
By PTI WASHINGTON: US health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle ...
COVID-19 omicron variant is less likely to put people in the hospital, studies suggest
Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version. Scientists ...
3.5 million people died of COVID-19 this year; no country can boost its way out of the pandemic, say-
By Online Desk GENEVA: WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has informed that 2021 was a year in which 3.5 ...
After wife tests positive for COVID-19, Akhilesh takes break from public programmes-
By PTI LUCKNOW: With his family members testing positive for COVID-19, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said ...
China locks down Xi’an amid COVID-19 surge-
By ANI BEIJING: China on Thursday shut down Xi’an, the capital city of the country’s Shaanxi province in a bid to ...
Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children?-
By PTI WASHINGTON: Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children? Yes, US regulators authorised Pfizer’s vaccine for younger children after ...
44 children among 241 new COVID-19 patients in Mizoram-
By PTI AIZAWL: Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,40,143 on Thursday as 241 more people, including 44 children, tested positive ...
Nigeria destroys 1M expired donated COVID-19 vaccines
Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not ...
Spain issues outdoor mask mandate amid COVID-19 spike
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is convening a special Cabinet meeting Thursday to pass a law by decree that makes ...
South Africa COVID-19 omicron study indicates less likelihood of hospitalization, severe illness
Preliminary data from a South African study that analyzed the severity of the COVID-19 omicron variant indicates a possible less ...
