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Active Covid cases reduce by 50% within 2 weeks in Delhi

The third wave of the pandemic saw the active cases peaking to 94,160 on January 13. The number dropped to 42,010 by Tuesday.

WHO: Record weekly Covid cases last week but deaths stable

WHO said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began.

No guarantee that future Covid variants will be less severe: WHO

The next Covid-19 variant that will rise will be more contagious than Omicron, but there's no guarantee that the future strains will be milder, the World Health Organization said.

Immune response induced by Omicron effectively neutralise Delta: ICMR study

An ICMR study has demonstrated that individuals infected with Omicron have significant immune response which could neutralise not only the Omicron, but also other variants of concern

Over 21 mn Covid-19 cases reported globally last week, highest ever: WHO

Over 21 million new coronavirus cases were reported around the world last week, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the WHO

'Each dose of Covishield, Covaxin may cost Rs 275 after regular market nod'

'The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has been directed to start working towards capping the price to make the vaccines affordable,' say sources

Omicron generated antibodies effective against all variants: ICMR study

ICMR has said that within short span of time, the variant has shown high transmissibility and capability of evading the immune response generated against natural infection and vaccination.

Explained: How Omicron evades antibodies, remain contagious

An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the Omicron variant

Omicron survives much longer on plastic, skin than earlier variants: Study

The Omicron variant of coronavirus can remain alive on skin for over 21 hours, and more than eights days on plastic surfaces

China: Beijing sees uptick in Covid cases ahead of Winter Olympics

The Chinese capital reported 14 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday as it began a third round of mass testing of millions of people in the run-up to the Winter Olympics.

Hong Kong may extend Covid isolation until 2024, risking business exodus

The European Chamber of Commerce said that Hong Kong may not reopen until China rolls out its mRNA vaccine across its 1.4 billion population, which could take until late 2023 or early 2024

Telugu movie star Chiranjeevi tests positive for Covid-19

The actor said the symptoms were mild

'We are supporting India's vaccination drive, the largest in the world': UN

The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India crossed 163.49 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said

Data story: India logs 285,914 cases; total caseload crosses 40-mn mark

India has so far administered 1,635,844,536 vaccine doses. That is 4080.92 per cent of its total caseload, and 116.75 per cent of its population

Arunachal Pradesh logs 526 fresh Covid-19 cases, one more fatality

The frontier state had recorded 668 cases on Tuesday

India records 285,914 fresh Covid-19 infections in last 24 hours

The daily positivity rate is 16.16 per cent

Thane district records 1,563 Covid-19 infections, 11 fatalities

The mortality rate is 1.68 per cent

Global caseload at 357.9 million amid ongoing Covid resurgence

The US continues to be the worst-hit country

70 new Covid-19 cases reported in Andamans, tally rises to 9,522

The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 129 as no fresh fatality was recorded

Chhattisgarh logs 4,914 Covid cases; 70% of adults fully vaccinated

The daily figure was marginally up from 4,509 cases registered on Monday