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Mumbai: 61 resident doctors at JJ hospital test positive for Covid-19

On Tuesday, Maharashtra reported 18,466 new Covid-19 cases, taking the active caseload of the state to 66,308

With salty language, Emmanuel Macron berates France's unvaccinated

Macron has provoked outcries in parliament and protests from election rivals by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring vaccine refusers to get coronavirus jabs

Covid vaccine does not increase preterm birth risk, finds study

The researchers at the Yale University in the US noted that pregnant people who contract Covid-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death

Covid-19: India records first Omicron death in Rajasthan's Udaipur

India recorded the first death linked to Omicron variant of the coronavirus after the samples of a man in Rajasthan's Udaipur, who died last week, showed the presence of the variant

Covid-19 infections in Odisha increase by 78% in single day

The state has reported 1261 cases, of which 187 are of 0-18 age group

Coronavirus cases could peak between Jan 6-13 in Mumbai: TIFR scientist

Mumbai could witness a peak between January 6 to 13 and take a month for the cases to see a decline, according to researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Over 10 mn children aged 15-18 have received Covid vaccine: Mandaviya

PM Modi had on December 25, 2021 announced that the vaccination for the age-group 15-18 years is scheduled to begin from Monday

WHO still recommends 14-day quarantine for Covid-19 patients

According to the WHO, as of December 29, 2021, some 128 countries had reported cases of the Omicron variant

Home isolation for Covid patients cut to 7 days from 10 in fresh guidelines

India logged 58,097 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours

Sourav Ganguly's daughter, 3 other family members test Covid positive

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, his four family members including daughter Sana Ganguly have been tested positive for Covid-19

Over 50 Covid-19 cases found in IIT-Guwahati, restrictions imposed

Almost 99 per cent of the cases were people who returned to the campus from outside Assam after holidays, said Parmeshwar Iyer, Dean-PR, IIT-Guwahati

Multivariant Covid vaccine booster shows promise, early data suggests

The initial phase one clinical data shows the vaccine has strong levels of neutralising antibodies, similar to approved mRNA vaccines, but at up to a 10-fold lower dose in the first 10 individuals

Covid-19 vaccine does not increase risk of preterm birth: Study

A Yale co-led study, which looked at more than 40,000 pregnant individuals, adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

In Israel, Omicron variant drives confusing policy amid 4th Covid jab

Israel opened to tourists for the first time in nearly two years. After just a month, it slammed shut

Bharat Biotech gets approval to test nasal Covid-19 shot as booster: Report

The vaccine maker submitted the late-stage trial application to the DCGI in December, adding that an intranasal vaccine as a booster dose will be easier to administer in mass vaccination campaigns

Indian health experts urge preparations for new wave of Covid-19

While doctors fretted, politicians, including PM Modi, appeared less concerned by the rising case numbers with many of them holding rallies ahead of assembly elections in several states

DATA STORY: India logs 58,097 cases, biggest single-day spike since June 20

India has so far administered 1,477,208,846 vaccine doses. That is 4218.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 105.6 per cent of its population

Maharashtra logs sharp spike in Covid-19 cases at 18,466, Mumbai at 10,860

In Pune, the rise in cases prompted the administration to shut schools for Classes 1 to 8 in the district till January 30

Over 54,000 teens in Delhi in 15-17 age group given first vaccine shot: DoE

The teenagers in Delhi received their first Covid vaccine dose so far

Rapid RT-PCR test mandatory for international passengers landing in Mumbai

If routine RT-PCR test is positive, the sample will be sent immediately for genome sequencing