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No possibility of 4th Covid wave in current situation: Maharashtra minister

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said there is no possibility of a fourth wave of Covid-19 looking at the current situation.

Saudi Arabia bans travel to 15 nations, including India amid Covid surge

Saudi Arabia has banned citizens from travelling to 16 countries, including India, over the Covid-19 situation in those nations, the media reported

Covid-19 seems thing of the past at full-capacity French Open stadiums

They sipped from glasses of Champagne or ros while seated on the sand-colored cushions of wicker couches on a "terrasse" overlooking some smaller courts at Roland Garros. They crowded walkways and stood in lines dozens deep for waffles painted with Nutella or baguettes layered with ham, cheese and butter and, sometimes, they gave up on those waits that could take 15 minutes or more. In the stands, they wore their white hats and cried Allez!" and punctuated points with rhythmic clapping. They took etiquette-breaching strolls through the stadium aisles during play. Most of all, and most important of all, they were there. The crowds at the French Open were back to their no-mask, no-distancing, full-capacity, pre-pandemic levels Sunday for the start of this year's edition, as much a part of the fabric of the event as the red clay that defines the Grand Slam tournament. A really festive atmosphere, observed Alice Dufour, a 21-year-old who was part of a group trip from her Miramont tenn

Data story: India logs 2,022 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,459

India has so far administered 1,923,845,615 vaccine doses

As Covid becomes threat to the economy, how can Chinese leaders rescue it?

More than two years after a deadly strain of coronavirus was first identified in the central city of Wuhan, China remains locked in a COVID crisis

Global Covid caseload tops 525.5 mn, deaths surge to over 6.27 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 525.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.27 million and vaccinations to over 11.44 billion

Beijing extends work-from-home, orders mass testing as Covid cases rise

Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of Covid-19 again rose in the city.

Kim Jong Un, other North Koreans attend large funeral amid Covid worry

A large number of North Koreans including Kim Jong Un attended a funeral for a top official as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its suspected coronavirus outbreak is subsiding.

Oil prices rise as US driving season looms; Shanghai mulls Covid unlock

Brent crude futures rose 82 cents to $113.37 a barrel at 0126 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed 69 cents

Africa's coronavirus cases pass 11.59 mn, death toll stands at 252,892

South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya are among the countries with the most cases on the continent, said the Africa CDC

Apple looks to boost output outside China amid strict anti-Covid policy

India and Vietnam, already sites for a small portion of Apple's global production, are among the countries getting a closer look from the company as alternatives to China

Education in India: Covid-19 pandemic's lessons not learnt, shows data

In 2020, when schools were closed, ASER found that barely one-third of all enrolled children were receiving learning material and activities from their schools (35.6 per cent)

Elevated levels of risk aversion akin to 2008 global meltdown: BofA survey

Covid-19 - which had ruled the charts as the biggest risk between 2020 and 2021 - has slipped down the pecking order, with only a net 1 per cent of respondents seeing it as a threat

Telangana reports 29 new Covid-19 cases, no fatalities; active cases at 397

A total of 39 people recovered from the infection on Sunday, taking the cumulative number of recoveries till date to 7,88,363

India records 2,226 new Covid infections; active cases dip to 14,955

A decrease of 41 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

Global Covid caseload tops 526.7 million, deaths cross 6.28 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 83,255,845 and 1,002,146, respectively

J&K records 15 new coronavirus cases, zero deaths in last 24 hours

There are 55 active cases of Covid-19 in the Union Territory, while the number of recovered patients is 4,49,384

Bengal reports 32 fresh Covid cases, zero deaths in last 24 hours

The state had registered 42 new coronavirus cases on Friday

3 US Air Force cadets who refused Covid vaccine not commissioned

Across the military, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have discharged as many as 4,000 active duty service members for refusing the vaccine

Delhi records 479 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death; positivity rate at 2.06%

Delhi reported 479 new Covid cases and one death due to the disease on Saturday while the positivity rate was 2.06 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.