COVID-19

Haj 2022: Selection of pilgrims to be based on Covid-19 vaccination status, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

International community 'complicit' in gain-of-function research: book

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) came under fire this week after it admitted to using taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on the coronavirus in China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, but the U.S. is not the only country that was "complicit" in supporting the controversial research, according to investigative Australian reporter Sharri Markson.

Kerala begins adding ‘missing’ COVID-19 deaths to official list

Kerala: 563 new deaths were added to the list of official COVID-19 deaths on October 22.

Man with vaccine side-effect has message for unvaccinated

Anthony Flint, who claims to have developed Guillain-Barré syndrome after his Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccination, discusses the rare autoimmune disorder and why he is still urging others to get vaccinated.

PM misleading people on COVID-19 vaccines: Congress

National: Opposition asks for white paper on meeting year-end jab-for-all deadline

England to play Covid-delayed India Test in 2022: ECB

The fifth and final Test between India and England, which was suspended due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the visitors' camp last month, was on Friday rescheduled to July next year. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced that the game has been moved to Edgbaston from Manchester and will be part of India's white-ball tour. The match will be held from July 1.

England to play Covid-delayed India Test in July 2022: ECB

The fifth and final Test between India and England, which was suspended due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the visitors' camp last month, was on Friday rescheduled to July next year. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced that the game has been moved to Edgbaston from Manchester and will be part of India's white-ball tour. The match will be held from July 1.

SP assures support to kin of police martyrs

Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari SP M. Ravindranath Babu on Friday launched an initiative of meeting the family members of the police personnel who have died of COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccine did not cause actor Vivekh’s death: panel

Tamil Nadu: It was a coincidental event, says report National Adverse Events Following Immunisation Committee.

CDC mask guidelines under review as COVID numbers fall, cold season begins

Health officials will update mask guidance as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue a downward trend, but the upcoming "respiratory virus" season may give them pause. 

Sri Lanka orders Covid-19 booster shots for frontline workers, tourism industry

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday ordered frontline workers and tourism staff to be given a third booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine next month, part of a bid to reopen the travel industry and revive the economy. So far Sri Lanka has fully vaccinated a little over 60% of its 22 million people.

European Green Deal Executive VP meets Sitharaman, discusses economic recovery post Covid-19

Freebies drive vaccination campaign in three districts

Tamil Nadu: They are meant to nudge the residents to get the COVID-19 shot

US lawmakers say India's success will help world defeat COVID-19 as it achieves 100 crore jabs milestone

Washington, Top US lawmakers have congratulated India after the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore milestone, saying India's success will help the world defeat the deadly pandemic.

Canadians who had allergic reaction to first vaccine dose can safely get second, advisory committee says

News/Politics: Those who had an allergic reaction to their first shot of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can safely receive future doses of the same product or a different mRNA vaccine, says Canada's vaccine advisory committee.

Canadians who had allergic reaction to first vaccine dose can safely get second, advisory committee says

News/Politics: Those who had an allergic reaction to their first shot of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can safely receive future doses of the same product or a different mRNA vaccine, says Canada's vaccine advisory committee.

Canadians who had allergic reaction to first vaccine dose can safely get second, advisory committee says

News/Politics: Those who had an allergic reaction to their first shot of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can safely receive future doses of the same product or a different mRNA vaccine, says Canada's vaccine advisory committee.

Brain fog in Covid patients can persist for months, study says

Cognitive impairment -- described as brain fog -- can persist for months in Covid-19 patients, even for some who were not hospitalized, according to a new study.

Royal Caribbean announces nine-month world cruise

It would've been unthinkable 12 months ago as the cruise industry reeled from the effects of Covid, but one operator is now offering an epic new voyage that will last nine months and take travelers to more than 150 destinations.

Kerala to add ‘missing’ COVID-19 deaths to the official list

Kerala: Kerala added 563 new deaths to its list of official COVID-19 deaths on Friday. Of these, 292 were those that had remained pending, or as the State claims, had been kept undeclared because of incomplete documentation