COVID-19 pandemic

Seoul:  South Korean President Moon Jae-in will make a three-nation European trip next week for a G20 summit in Italy, the COP26 climate summit in the UK, as well as a state visit to Hungary, his office said on Friday. On the first leg…

Chennai:  Many wholesale shops in Tamil Nadu selling firecrackers have witnessed a slump in business and traders have attributed the reduced demand due to a shortage of funds in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the high rates…

Auckland:  In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand's population growth slowed down with the largest city of Auckland recording a decline for the first time ever, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Friday. New…

London: The Covid-19 pandemic will drag on until 2022, longer than it needs to, because several poor countries have not received vaccines against the deadly infectious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In Africa,…

London:  More than 60 per cent researchers faced negative experiences as a result of their media appearances or their social media comments about Covid-19 pandemic, revealed a survey conducted by science journal Nature. About 22 per cent…

Beijing:  China has agreed to support and participate in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) fresh probe to trace the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic that has globally infected 21.9 crore people while claiming 45.5 lakh lives. The…

New Delhi:  Twitter saw a 153 per cent (2.5x) increase in conversations about mental well-being during the second wave of Covid-19, the microblogging site said in a statement on Friday. The platform has, since the beginning of the…

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking directions to develop a mechanism to examine medical bills or complaints of patients, who were over-charged by private hospitals amid the Covid-19…

New Delhi:  The world missed most of the 2020 mental health targets, and has failed to provide people with the mental health services they need, at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is highlighting a growing need for mental health support,…

Mumbai: After almost 18 months closure during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's Terminal 1 will resume for domestic operations from October 20, an official said on Monday. Initially,…