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covid-19
AA Edit | A good move, as Covid cases up
The government must seriously reconsider introducing nationwide precautionary steps, including making masks mandatory, before it is too late
14 Jul 2022 11:12 PM
AA Edit | Covid: Time is not right to lower guard
As per the WHO, new infections are up 8% globally compared to the previous week, with 11 million new cases and over 43,000 new deaths
18 Mar 2022 11:42 PM
Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study
The new study suggests that globally, two out of three children orphaned from are adolescents aged 10 to 17 years
25 Feb 2022 12:48 PM
Sharon Lowen | Friendship in the time of Covid
From the time of our first lockdown, I felt no urge for long phone conversations with friends who were coping in familiar ways
06 Feb 2022 3:01 AM
S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high
Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR tests
26 Jan 2022 11:48 AM
Dulqueer Salmaan tests positive for coronavirus
The 35-year-old actor's diagnosis comes days after his superstar father Mammooty also tested positive for COVID-19
21 Jan 2022 1:49 AM
AA Edit | As 3rd wave picks pace, ensure citizens jabbed
India reported more than three lakh new cases on Thursday, the first time in the third wave, and close to 500 deaths
21 Jan 2022 12:17 AM
Centre nudges states and UTs on ramping up COVID-19 tests
The ministry has also issued an updated set of guidelines for the care of Covid-19 treatment
19 Jan 2022 6:43 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Is the party over for BoJo at last? Will Starmers get ready for No. 10?
Was this congregation of people in the garden of 10 Downing Street a prayer meeting?
15 Jan 2022 12:29 AM
Kulbir Kaur | Covid 3.0: Help, the walls are closing in
Two Januarys earlier, Covid-19 having just spread to our enemy nation towards the north
09 Jan 2022 1:10 AM
Sanjeev Ahluwalia | As bells toll for 2021, an end is also a beginning
At present, for around 37 per cent of jobs in developed countries and 10 per cent in developing countries, working from home is possible
24 Dec 2021 12:43 AM
‘Anti-vaxxers’ a threat to others; live in denial of science, reality
There are some religious maniacs who believe that muttering some phrase or charm will save them from Covid-19
18 Dec 2021 12:25 AM
Half of India's adult population fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1
05 Dec 2021 12:41 PM
US makes negative COVID-19 test report mandatory for all incoming passengers
Air passengers will also be required to confirm in the form of an attestation that the information they present is true, officials said
05 Dec 2021 12:02 PM
14-days travel details, negative RT-PCR: New guidelines for international arrivals
Various states have already begun to re-tighten curbs and urgently trace people who arrived from abroad
29 Nov 2021 7:44 AM
New York governor declares 'disaster emergency' over rising COVID-19 infection rates
'Disaster emergency' declared in New York
27 Nov 2021 12:47 PM
COVID-19 Update: India's total active cases down to 1,07,019, lowest in 541 days
The death toll has climbed to 4,67,933 with 465 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am
27 Nov 2021 12:44 PM
COVID-19: India records 11,106 new cases; active cases decline to 1,26,620
A decrease of 2,142 cases has been recorded in the active number of COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours
19 Nov 2021 2:15 PM
Five more countries recognise India's COVID-19 vaccination certificate
Last month, Hungary and Serbia had agreed with India to mutually recognise COVID-19 vaccination certificates
01 Nov 2021 7:20 PM
India reports 16,326 new COVID-19 cases, 666 deaths in last 24 hours
As per the health ministry, more than 59.84 crore samples have been tested for the presence of the virus so far
23 Oct 2021 11:03 AM
Columns
Have we done enough economically to pass on something meaningful to the next generation?
While health has got a lot of attention in the pandemic period there is a need for health to continue to be a sustained government priority
Rishi Sunak finds himself in an unfamiliar rank of being second, while Liz Truss is slowly moving up
Both Atal Behari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh functioned as Prime Ministers and the country moved, and no one felt the need to idolise them