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No new variant of concern of coronavirus has been detected in India since Omicron in the first week of December 2021 according to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday. However, various Omicron…

NEW DELHI: Coronavirus infections among children and adolescents typically cause less severe illness as compared to adults, according to the WHO, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. Omicronand its sub-lineages have been…

Delhi on Sunday logged 729 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities due to the disease as the positivity rate climbed to 5.57 per cent, according to city health department data. This is the third consecutive day when over 700 cases…

(Picture for representation)NEW DELHI: Air travellers will no longer need to pay an extra fee of about ₹200 per person to check-in at airport counters. The J M Scindia-headed aviation ministry on Thursday directed airlinesto immediately…

The third dose of Covaxin after 6 months of two doses, dramatically increases neutralizing antibody responses against several strains like Alpha, Beta, Delta, Delta Plus and Omicron as well as showed increased memory B cell response, a…

Delhi on Wednesday logged 686 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.74 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. With this, the national capital's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 19,45,664. The death toll…

NEW DELHI: The Indian Rupee's sharp fall is proving to be the latest hurdle in the desi globetrotters' travel plans post Omicron. While current international airfares are anyway more than double pre-Covid levels, all dollar-denominated…

High vaccination coverage and immunity due to natural Covid-19 infection protected Indians from the severe effects of the Omicron variant, NK Arora, chairman of the Covid working group, told ET, as the number of Covid-19 shots…

The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant continues to be the dominant variant resulting in 85% of cases in the country, people in the know told ET. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog), the group of government…

Drugmaker and its Canadian partner SaNOtize on Wednesday said that the nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS) has met the key endpoints and demonstrated reduction of Covid viral load by 93.7% in 24 hours and 99% in 48 hours in the phase-3…