Novel Coronavirus

Lausanne:  With just around 55 days to go Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and despite the threat of worsening of the global Covid-19 pandemic due to the new strain of the Novel Coronavirus, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not…

New Delhi:  The genetic diagnostic laboratories in India have detected over 24,000 mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, top officials told IANS on Tuesday. The officials added that the mutations have been detected…

Hyderabad:  A few novel variants of coronavirus are spreading more in some states in India and there is emerging evidence that the N440K mutation is spreading a lot more in southern states, says a study by the Centre for Cellular and…

London:  The UK government has ruled out plans to introduce "vaccine passports" to allow people, who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, to travel abroad. Still, people could get evidence from their doctors if they need…

Geneva: A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned of the risk of continued transmission of the novel coronavirus even after large-scale vaccinations in the foreseeable future. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO…

Brasilia: A Brazilian woman has become the first person in the world to be re-infected with a variant of the novel coronavirus known as E484K, state media reported. The case, discovered by researchers from the D'Or Institute for Research…

Brasilia: Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said in a statement. The result was confirmed on Sunday afternoon, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying. The…

Washington: A new order will require air passengers arriving in the US from the UK to ger a negative Covid-19 test, no more than 72 hours before departure, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Passengers…

Toronto: Canada's most populous province of Ontario has announced that it will enter a lockdown from Saturday in an effort to curb the fast spread of the novel coronavirus as the country is reeling under a second wave of the pandemic.…

New Delhi:  While several countries are still struggling to tame the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the emergence of the new and deadly mutated variant of the "pandemic coronavirus" has put the world once again on high alert as 2021 knocks…