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Major Chinese cities impose restriction as Covid-19 cases surge

Amid a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases in China, two of the country's biggest cities, Shenzhen and Shanghai, have imposed strict virus measures.

Former US President Barack Obama tests positive for Covid-19

Former US President Barack Obama on Sunday (local time) announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal reports 69 new cases, one fresh fatality

The state had logged 71 cases and zero deaths on Saturday.

Covid-19 pandemic: Two new cases take Sikkim's tally to 39,105

Sikkim now has 20 active cases, while 746 COVID patients have migrated to other states and 37,893 people recovered from the disease.

China on brink of biggest Covid crisis since Wuhan as cases triple

China's high-tech Shenzhen city, which has a population of over 17 million, was latest to shut down to control the surge of COVID cases, as government scrambled to contain worst outbreak of virus.

Covid-19: Mizoram reports 357 new cases, three fatalities in last 24 hours

Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,20,786 on Sunday as 357 people tested positive for the infection, 46 less than the previous day, a health official said.

Covid-19: Delhi records 132 Covid cases; positivity rate 0.38%

Delhi on Sunday reported 132 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.38 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

Covid-19: Maharashtra logs 251 cases, no fatality in last 24 hours

Maharashtra reported 251 COVID-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 78,71,202, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,43,752 with no fresh fatality due to the viral infection, an official said.

Covid-19: Kerala records 885 fresh cases, 15 deaths in last 24 hours

Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala dropped below 1,000 on Sunday with the state recording 885 fresh infections which raised the total caseload to 65,21,098 in the state.

Covid: SpiceHealth, AAI pass buck on 'contamination' of testing machines

SpiceHealth, which was then operating in airport's arrival area, had on January 6 and January 7 tested 469 passengers who arrived from Rome and found 298 of them to be Covid positive.

Data story: India logs 3,116 new cases; death toll rises to 515,850

India has so far administered 1,801,323,547 vaccine doses. That is 4190 per cent of its total caseload, and 128.42 per cent of its population

China new Covid cases hit 2-year high; 2,000 infections infections reported

Coronavirus cases in China has hit two-year high as health officials have reported about 2,000 new infections in different parts of the country, including 20 in Beijing.

India records 3,116 cases of Covid-19 in 24 hrs; lowest in 676 days

India logged 3,116 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 676 days, while the active cases dipped to 38,069

Delhi records 161 Covid cases, one death; positivity rate 0.44%

The total number home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12,312, and on March 12, it dipped to 586

Over 1.8 bn Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Govt

Over 2.12 crore precaution doses have been administered to the identified categories of beneficiaries so far, the ministry said

China tightens controls in Shanghai as more virus cases reported

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned the territory's wave of infections may not have peaked despite stringent controls on travel and business

Covid pandemic: Kerala logs 1,088 new cases with positivity rate at 4.93%

There was just one Covid death for the day taking the total death toll in the state to 66,793 so far

WHO exploring when and how to declare end of Covid emergency

Researchers have warned that even if Covid cases fall to lower levels, the disease is still likely to cause thousands of deaths annually, not unlike other endemic illnesses such as malaria and TB

China daily local Covid cases hit two-year high of over 1,500

China's current case count is far fewer than those of many other countries, but the growing number could complicate Beijing's 'dynamic-clearance' ambition to suppress contagion as quickly as possible

Long Covid-induced diabetes, depression can be treated by exercise: Study

Though no medically recognized treatment exists for Long Covid, a study suggests that exercise might break cycle of inflammation that develops diabetes and depression months after a person recovers