corona virus

London: An estimated 2 million people in Britain have lingering Covid-19 symptoms more than four weeks after their initial coronavirus infection, a latest survey showed. Based on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey of people…

New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 2,568 fresh Covid-19 cases, a decline against the 3,157 infections registered previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, the country reported 20 new Covid fatalities, taking the…

New Delhi: India on Sunday reported 3,324 fresh Covid-19 cases, a marginal decline against the 3,688 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, the country also reported 40 Covid…

New Delhi: India on Saturday reported a marginal increase of 3,688 new Covid cases, against the 3,377 infections reported the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, the country reported 50 Covid fatalities,…

Chennai: A private college in Coimbatore has put 40 students in isolation after they showed symptoms of fever and cold. The students were subjected to RT-PCR tests on Thursday and the results are awaited on Friday. The college, which…

New York: Because of their small and relatively collapsible airways, young children with Omicron are more vulnerable to upper airway infection such as croup, which if severe can lead to cardiac arrest, finds a study. Croup is a type of…

Jerusalem: Israel's Health Ministry has announced two cases of a previously unknown coronavirus variant that are thought to be a combination of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants. According to the Ministry, the cases were discovered…

Washington: China's Wuhan wet market may be the source of origin of Covid pandemic and not the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) as previously speculated, a team of US scientists has revealed in two new studies. The studies, not yet…

London: A team of Spanish researchers have identified a number of existing strains of SARS-CoV-2, as well as future variants, which have the potential to escape the immune system's cytotoxic T cell response in some portion of the…

Toronto: Worried if catching Covid or other bacterial infections during a hospital visit? Canadian researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of the virus that causes…