Coronavirus

beijing, November 27 China’s rare public protests opposing stringent Covid lockdowns turned political on Sunday with protesters raising slogans against President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party as the demonstrations spread to university campuses in Beijing and Nanjing. Shanghai,...

Beijing, November 26 China witnessed a record number of coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Saturday, with infections surpassing 35,000 despite large-scale lockdowns under the stringent Zero-COVID policy, triggering rare protests and clashes with the police. China on...

New Delhi, November 26 India saw a single-day rise of 389 coronavirus infections, taking the tally to 4,46,71,219 on Saturday, while active cases declined to 5,395, the Health Ministry said. The toll climbed to 5,30,608 with three fatalities, including one...

Bengaluru, November 26 A study on the impact of covid-19 on microbusinesses in India has found that nearly 40 per cent of them were denied loans (both formal/informal) as they did not have sufficient collateral or lacked positive credit history....

Beijing, November 25 Residents of some parts of China’s capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered faster construction of Covid-19 quarantine centres and field hospitals. Uncertainty and scattered, unconfirmed reports of lockdowns...

Washington, November 24 Scientists have uncovered a new mechanism that could help explain why some Covid infected people develop a potentially fatal systemic inflammation, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil have found...

Washington, November 23 Children may be at increased risk of stroke after covid infection, according to a small study conducted in the US. The research, published this week in the journal Pediatric Neurology, reviewed medical charts and diagnosis codes to...

New Delhi, November 23 India logged 360 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of covid cases to 4,46,70,075, while the active cases declined to 6,046, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to...

Ludhiana, November 22 According to the office of Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, one tested positive for Covid and no loss of life was reported due to the virus in the district on Tuesday. Civil Surgeon Hitinder Kaur said a total...

Beijing, November 20 China on Sunday announced its first new death from Covid-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the country to ward against new outbreaks. The death of the 87-year-old...

Chandigarh, November 18 Three cases of Covid were reported from the city on Friday. There was no fresh fatality, while three patients recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours. The number of active cases in the city remains...

London, November 17 Scientists have developed artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 and destroy the virus, an advance that may lead to a new generation of antiviral drugs for Covid-19 and its variants. The study, published...

New Delhi, November 17 The Health Ministry on Thursday dismissed media reports that claimed the hastening of regulatory approvals for Covaxin under political pressure. “These reports are misleading and fallacious,” a ministry statement said. It said scientific approach and prescribed...

New Delhi, November 16 India saw a single-day rise of 501 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have declined from 7,918 to 7,561, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Currently, the total covid cases stand at 4,46,66,676, while the...

Beijing, November 15 Crowds of people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou crashed through Covid barriers and marched down streets in chaotic scenes on Monday night, according to videos posted online, in a show of public resentment over coronavirus...

New Delhi, November 6 With 1,132 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,46,60,579, while the active cases declined to 14,839, according to the Union health ministry data updated on...

Chandigarh, November 4 The tricity reported five fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday. Four persons tested positive for the virus in the city, while one fresh infection surfaced in Mohali. Panchkula district, however, saw no fresh case. ...

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, November 4 Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Zhengqi, who is on a visit to India, on Friday witnessed the signing of four memorandums of cooperation (MoU) between Taiwan and India in the fields of...

Ludhiana, November 3 According to the office of the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, two persons tested positive for Covid in the district on Thursday. Civil Surgeon Hitinder Kaur said a total of 1,13,608 persons have tested positive and 3,018 patients...

Amritsar, November 3 A local court today granted bail to Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal and former MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha in a case registered against them in Beas on July 2, 2021, for violation of Covid norms....

Mumbai, November 3 The new variants of Omicron, XXB and BQ.1, have not led to any significant rise in coronavirus infections and hospitalisations in Maharashtra, experts have said. The symptoms caused by these strains of the virus are mild,...

Chandigarh: The city reported six cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. No patient recovered from the disease. There was no fresh fatality due to the virus during the past 24 hours. The active case count rose to 16. TNS 2 cases...

Naina Mishra Chandigarh, November 2 Cases of Covid-19 have started declining in the city with no fresh infection being reported over the past two consecutive days. However, the city reported six fresh cases on Wednesday, with a positivity rate of...

Chandigarh: No Covid case was reported in the city on Monday. One more patient recovered from the disease. —TNS 3 infected in Mohali Mohali: Fresh three cases of Covid had surfaced during the past 24 hours in the district, taking...

New Delhi, October 30 With 1,604 more people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 4,46,52,266 while that of active cases has declined to 18,317, according to Union Health...