Tag: Covid 19

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 after his first event in Las Vegas, confirmed the White House. He has mild symptoms and will return to Delaware to self-isolate and continue his duties. The White House will provide regular updates.

In a big update, several health experts have questioned the side-effects caused by Covishield Vaccine.

AstraZeneca acknowledged that its Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, might cause rare side effects like blood clots and low platelet counts. This admission came during a UK court case where victims are seeking damages. Developed with Oxford University and sold globally, the vaccine's safety has led to its suspension in the UK.

Suresh further added that the H5N1 virus has already been detected in species and has shown the ability to infect mammals including humans.

Sensing the possible repercussions of the deadly prowl of the Covid-19 virus which reportedly took 'birth' in China the previous year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on March 11, 2020

The CJI, in conversation with ANI, said that he himself has been associated with Ayush since Covid-19 broke out, and recalled a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his battle with Covid-19.

This comes even as the country is under the grip of the new highly transmissible JN.1 variant with immune escaping features.

MIT's AI predicts Covid-19 variant waves using 9 million SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequences, offering a 72.8% accuracy after one week and 80.1% after two weeks of observation.

Two new fatalities -- one each from Kerala and Karnataka -- were reported in the span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data. On Wednesday, five deaths were reported, one each from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Punjab, two from Kerala.

Three new fatalities -- one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar -- have been reported in the span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data.

The rising cases of daily Covid-19 infections across the country is said to be majorly driven by the JN.1 sub variant. As of now, the country has reportedly detected about 145 cases of JN.1 variant from eight states.

In the past 24 hours, India has recorded 743 new COVID-19 cases, 54 cases less from Friday, while current number of active cases stands at 3,997.

Amid the rising Covid-19 graph in Odisha in the last few days, Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra on Saturday advised people, who are showing symptoms of fever, cold, and cough, to celebrate zero night at their homes. 

India on Friday reported 4,091 active Covid cases and five deaths, revealed data from the Union Health Ministry.

If one draws parallels between the patterns, is there any relation between the surge of Covid-19 infections and the month December? Several studies have pointed out that the cold and dry condition provides a habitat to the Covid-19 virus.