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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

Boosters may prolong COVID pandemic, warns WHO chief

Unrestrained end-of-year celebrations could still prove to be major source of new infections, the WHO warned

23 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST

A medical worker guides people as they wait for their coronavirus test at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as omicron looms

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said a record 109 people died in the last 24-hour period

23 Dec 2021 11:54 AM IST

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (ANI)

World could be entering worst part of pandemic: Bill Gates on Omicron...

Bill Gates also claimed that the pandemic wave due to Omicron would last less than three months

22 Dec 2021 10:17 AM IST

People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

US reports first Omicron-related death

County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced the death on Monday, saying the man was in his 50s

21 Dec 2021 9:58 AM IST

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

Syringes and vials of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen on a work surface during a drive through clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. (Photo: AP)

UK researchers developing new COVID-19 vaccines

The research project will boost the UK's and the world's ability to rapidly develop new vaccines

20 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

The Navy arrested the fishermen in seas Southeast of the Delft Island in Jaffna on Saturday. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 43 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Arrangements are being made to hand them over to relevant authorities for legal action after conducting Rapid Antigen...

19 Dec 2021 12:49 PM IST

Registered nurse Nvard Termendzhyan, center, sets up a table for Linda Calderon, right, as her twin sister Natalie Balli, far left, rests in her bed in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hits keep coming': Hospitals in US struggle as COVID beds fill

The national seven-day average of COVID-19 hospital admissions was 60,000 by Wednesday, 50% higher than in early...

19 Dec 2021 11:03 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi shaking hands with Afghanistans Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi before their meeting in Islamabad. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan / AFP)

Islamic countries meet to discuss aid for Afghanistan

After the Taliban's lightning return to power, billions of dollars in aid and assets were frozen by the international...

19 Dec 2021 10:23 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks during a joint press conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

Afghanistan is facing a looming economic meltdown and humanitarian catastrophe in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover

18 Dec 2021 1:09 PM IST

A sign asking people to wear face coverings to curb the spread of coronavirus at London St Pancras International rail station, in London, the Eurostar hub to travel to European countries including France, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP/Matt Dunham)

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

Denmark decided to close theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums in response to virus cases

18 Dec 2021 11:52 AM IST

Indias Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) greets his French counterpart Florence Parly during an official welcoming ceremony in New Delhi on December 17, 2021. (AFP)

Ready to provide additional Rafale aircraft to India: French Defence...

France has delivered 30 Rafale aircraft to India so far, and six more are set to be delivered by April next year

17 Dec 2021 2:50 PM IST