Researchers say there is simply not enough information yet to make predictions about whether a BA.2.75 infection would be more or less severe than an infection with previous coronavirus variants....

A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebr...

Several schools are making announcements repeatedly asking parents to wear masks when they come to drop or pick up children and also urging them to maintain distance among themselves at the gate. Ove...

The number of visitors to Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple is 2 lakh on Saturdays and Sundays since Covid restrictions were lifted, head of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, A.V. Dharma Reddy, said at ...

A steady rise in Covid-19 patients in Bengal has prompted the state government to direct district officials to enforce safety protocols, including mask-wearing and hand-sanitisation, resume door-to-do...

Adults may opt for booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines six months after full immunisation with two doses, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday, announcing a change in the waiting time from the c...

Several schools that have tests going on now are considering giving relaxations to students who have Covid or symptoms of the infection to discourage parents from sending their children to school for ...

Demand conditions improved as the economy yanks itself out of the torpor of the Covid-19 pandemic, although cost pressures in the service economy remained stubbornly high, the survey said on Tuesday. ...

They made money when Covid-19 claimed lives and robbed thousands of people of their livelihood. The Bureau of Immigration (BOI) has issued look out notices against Bhiku Bisoi and Manikandan, both di...

Bengal on Tuesday reported 1,973 new Covid-19 infections, 592 recoveries and three deaths. Case positivity rate was 15.93 per cent on a day 12,385 samples were tested. Currently, there are 12,517 ac...