Health

London: Britain reported more than 10,000 coronavirus cases for a third consecutive day on Saturday as there has been a 79 percent rise in the highly contagious Delta variant in the country in the past week.Britain has reported another...

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Sunday called upon countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate the vaccination for COVID-19 in order to prevent another surge."We need to continuously strengthen our efforts to test, trace and isolate....

New Delhi: The decision to increase the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine was "transparent" and "based on scientific data", Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tweeted Wednesday.This is amid concern the intervals were widened - from...

New Delhi: In preparation of a possible third wave, the National Capital will have 5,000 trained medical and paramedical staff, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said here on Wednesday.Addressing a digital press conference, the Chief Minister stated that there was...

New Delhi: The National Capital on Tuesday reported 228 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours along with 12 related deaths.The fresh additions have taken the case tally and death toll to 14,31,498 and 24,851, respectively.The positivity...

New Delhi: The National Capital on Sunday reported 255 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours along with 23 related deaths.The fresh additions have taken the case tally and death toll to 14,31,139 and 24,823, respectively.The positivity...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday cautioned that the chances of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were quite real, while he asserted that his government was preparing on a "war-footing" to combat it.Indications are...

New Delhi: At a time when vaccine shortage is being reported across the country, government data has shown that only 17 per cent of doses were utilised in private hospitals last month, leaving them with massive unused stock.According to...

Washington: No COVID-19 variant has escaped the protection of Pfizer's vaccine, but the company continues to monitor and test it against emerging strains around the world, CEO Albert Bourla said on Thursday."We are also closely monitoring and addressing the...

New Delhi: Delhi registered 305 cases of COVID-19 and 44 deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, a health bulletin said here on Thursday.The positivity rate in the National Capital is 0.41 per cent while the fatality...