TamilTaiwan sees rise of 80,000 Covid-19 cases a day
Billed a Covid-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now…
Omicron variant
New Zealand reports first Omicron BA.4 variant
New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant at the border amid 12,699…
New versions of Omicron found
Scientists have found 21 viral offspring linked with BA.2 that may outpace the most successful…
Threat of Omicron has not gone away from India, warns govt
Amid concerns over the fourth wave of Covid-19 possibly hitting India in mid-June, Union Health…
New Omicron version identified in TN samples
The Tamilnadu public health department has said that BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was identified in…
India records 1.27 lakh new Covid-19 cases
India recorded 1,27,952 new Covid-19 cases, 1,059 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the…
‘Omicron sub-variant spreads more than original strain’
A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the…
Canada confirms 51 cases of new Omicron subvariant
Canada has found 51 cases of a new Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 mainly from…
Omicron variant found in substantial fraction: Experts
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has…
Sputnik V shows strong protection against Omicron
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V has demonstrated strong protection against the Omicron variant of the…
China blames mail from Canada for Omicron in Beijing
The single Omicron case detected in Beijing was traced back to an international document from…
‘Omicron spread may disrupt global supply chain’
Engineering Export Promotion Council of India has expressed concern that the spread of Omicron, the…
Australia close to peak of Omicron wave: CMO
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly on Saturday said he was optimistic that the…
New York moving over Omicron peak as cases fall
New York City Health Department data has shown “very high transmission” of Covid-19 across the…
2,156 cases filed, Rs 4,31,200 fine collected for mask violation in Chennai
The city police, on Sunday, registered 329 cases of COVID norm violations from 6 am…
India reports 2,68,833 Covid cases, 402 deaths in 24 hours
India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which…
Omicron to infect more than half of Europe: WHO
More than half of the European population are expected to be infected with the Omicron…
China reports first community spread of Omicron variant
China has reported its first community spread Omicron cases, with two people confirmed with the…
India reports 1,17,100 Covid cases, 3K Omicron cases so far
The single day rise in coronavirus infections was recorded above one lakh after 214 days,…
Indonesia adds France to travel ban list
Indonesia will ban entry for foreign travellers from France starting from Friday following rising Omicron…
UK lifts pre-arrival Covid test rule for overseas travellers
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that compulsory COVID-19 tests required by overseas…