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Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic likely to skip French Open, Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he is prepared to skip the French Open and Wimbledon if he is required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, to play.

Covid-19: Gujarat reports 998 new cases, lowest since Jan 2; 16 deaths

Gujarat on Tuesday reported less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases at 998 for the first time in nearly a month-and-a-half, taking its overall tally to 12,17,328

Covid-19: Karnataka reports 1,405 new cases, 26 deaths in last 24 hours

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 1,405 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,29,642 and death toll to 39,691. There were 5,762 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,63,085, a Health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 765 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 2,548 people being discharged and 6 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 26,832. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1.91 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.85 per cent. Of the 26 deaths, six are from Bengaluru Urban; Dakshina Kannada (4), Ballari (3), Dharwad, Hassan and Udupi (2), followed by others. After Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases at 66, followed by Belagavi and Udupi (50), Tumakuru (48) and Dakshina Kannada (47) among others. Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,72,387 cases, Mysuru 2,28,727 and Tumakuru 1,59,294 . Cumulatively, a total of 6,36,06,305 crore samples have

Corbevax Covid vaccine is safe, offers high antibody levels: NTAGI chief

India's third homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax is safe and offers good immunogenicity and higher antibody levels than some other vector vaccines: Official

Data story: India logs 27,409 new cases; test positivity rate drops to 2.2%

India has so far administered 1,734,262,440 vaccine doses. That is 4062.17 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.78 per cent of its population

Hong Kong leader says no plans for citywide lockdown as infections spiral

Speaking at a weekly press briefing, Lam said she could not 'preclude' the possibility of postponing the city's chief executive election, due to be held in March

Omicron found in 95% of samples in Mumbai in latest genome sequencing

Mumbai reported 192 new Covid cases on Monday, the lowest daily count since December 13, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload at 413.3 million, fatalities at 5.82 million

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India

Thane records 93 fresh Covid-19 infections, three more fatalities

The mortality rate in the district stood at 1.67 per cent

S.Korea's new Covid cases hit fresh high of 57,177 amid Omicron woes

The latest figure marked the sixth day in a row that daily infections have surpassed 50,000.

SEC recommends Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax for 12-18 year age group: Report

The expected cost of the vaccine is reportedly Rs 145, excluding taxes

Hong Kong leader says fifth Covid wave has 'overwhelmed' city's capacity

Daily infections have multiplied 13 times over the past two weeks, from about 100 cases at the start of February to over 1,300 on Feb 13, with authorities scrambling to control the deepening outbreak

Molnupiravir appears to work against Omicron as other variants: Study

The study was jointly conducted by a team of doctors at Fortis C-DOC, G.D Hospital and Diabetes Institute, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, and the Diabetes Foundation

Prince Charles' wife Camilla tests positive for coronavirus

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 four days after her husband Prince Charles was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, the couple's office said Monday.

Puducherry Covid-19 update: 52 new coronavirus cases reported in 24 hours

Meanwhile, one more patient - a 71-year old man hailing from Puducherry - succumbed to the infection pushing the death toll to 1,958

New variants to endgame: What coronavirus has in store for the world next

In the next six months, more countries will contend with whether to roll out a fourth shot.

Data story: India logs 34,113 new cases; active tally drops below 500,000

India has so far administered 1,729,587,490 vaccine doses. That is 4053.82 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.44 per cent of its population

India reports over 34,000 fresh Covid-19 infections, 346 fatalities

The daily positivity rate in India has been recorded at 3.19 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.99 per cent

Global Covid caseload at 411.5 million, fatalities at 5.81 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases

New Zealand's Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported'

Claiming inspiration from truckers' anti-vaccine mandate demonstrations in Canada, the protesters have also blocked several streets around parliament with their trucks, vans and motorcycles