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KOCHI: As India looks at ways to combat the inevitable cyclical resurgence of Covid, a new study from Kerala shows hybrid immunity giving significantly higher protection against breakthrough infection than vaccine immunity alone. The…

PUNE: Scientists from India and abroad may finally have an answer to a question they've had for a while now: How did BA.5, which can cause serious Covid, not significantly grow or increase hospitalisation rates in India? One theory…

Delhi recorded 615 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.89 per cent and three more fatalities due to the viral disease on Tuesday, according to the city health department. With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19…

The highly transmissible strain of Omicron's BA.2 sub-variant BA.2.75 has been documented to have a limited circulation in India, official sources said on Tuesday, underlining that this lineage has so far not been recorded to have…

The BA.2.75, the new Covid-19 sublineage detected in India, may fuel fresh infections, said experts. They said it has unique mutations, which increase chances of infection in people so far protected, and that broader genomic surveillance…

Delhi on Monday recorded 420 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 5.25 per cent, while one more person succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the health department here. With these fresh infections and…

India logged 16,135 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,18,564, while the active cases increased to 1,13,864, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed…

Delhi on Sunday recorded 648 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.29 per cent, while five more people succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the health department here. This is the fourth consecutive day…

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 2,962 COVID-19 cases, including 761 in Mumbai, and one more patient of BA.4 sub-variant of Omicron besides six fatalities, the health department said in a bulletin. With the latest additions, Maharashtra's…

The Delhi government will be sending elderly pilgrims for Jagannath Puri Yatra in Odisha under its free pilgrimage scheme, officials said on Sunday. The general public was not allowed to take part in the Rath Yatra in 2020 and 2021 due…