Pandemic 2020

China's Zero-Covid policy 'fails miserably' in curbing infection, hits global trade- In pics

The financial capital of China and a city of more than 26 million residents, Shanghai has been in lockdown for the last many weeks due to China`s worst outbreak of Covid since the beginning of the pandemic in 2019 in Wuhan province, as per ANI.

Apr 19, 2022, 18:13 PM IST

COVID-19 variants similar to Delta likely to increase pandemic's severity, says report

A variant with enhanced transmissibility would likely be more dangerous than a variant that could partially evade the immune system. 

Nov 20, 2021, 17:30 PM IST

Good news for travellers! Indian Railways to restore pre-COVID train services

The decision to revert the pre-COVID facilities would likely bring down the current fares by up to 30 per cent.

Nov 13, 2021, 08:51 AM IST

India reports 12,516 new COVID-19 cases, 501 deaths in last 24 hours

The tally of active cases has declined to 1,37,416, which comprises 0.40 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020.

Nov 12, 2021, 10:53 AM IST

WHO expresses grave concern as COVID-19 situation in Europe gets as worse as last year

Europe is back at the epicenter of the pandemic, where we were one year ago, says director of WHO's 53-country Europe region, Dr. Hans Kluge.

Nov 05, 2021, 08:10 AM IST

China warns of 'twindemic' risk of influenza amid rising respiratory infections

Chinese health commission has asked local officials for strengthening influenza prevention and control measures during the flu season which is coupled with the risk of imported COVID-19 cases.

Oct 17, 2021, 21:12 PM IST

Am fine, get tested for COVID daily: A coughing Vladimir Putin

"Don`t worry, everything is fine. They test me practically on a daily basis not just for COVID-19 but all kinds of other infections, so it`s all good," said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Oct 11, 2021, 23:30 PM IST