Australia, Europe and Japan see surge in Covid-19 cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently said that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. | Read more|
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Israel hit by ‘new Covid wave’
As per news report of Rt.com, Israel has been hit by a new Covid-19 wave, with a rise in patients infected with the BA.5 variant, the Health Ministry has said. According to reports, the government is looking at bringing back the indoor mask mandate. | Read more|
Beijing: Over 13,000 Covid-Negative People "Forcibly" Sent To Quarantine
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents were forcibly relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the capital begins to take more extreme control measures resembling virus-hit Shanghai. | Read more|
North Korea in Lockdown over Covid cases
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. | Read more|
China Finds New Virus Subtype As Daily Cases Exceed 13,000
China added more than 13,000 new Covid-19 infections with state media reporting a case infected with a new subtype of the omicron variant. | Read more|
Almost 3,400 New Covid Cases In China, Highest Daily Spike In 2 Years
China reported 3,393 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the National Health Commission said, more than double the previous day, as the country faces its gravest virus outbreak in two years. | Read more|
Omicron Surge Declining, But WHO Warns Against Sub-Variant BA.2
The Omicron variant, which led the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, is slowing down across the world. Many countries are removing the strict restrictions put in place to check the spread of the infection. But, a World health Organization (WHO) official has raised a fresh concern related to an Omicron sub-strain. | Read more|
2.34 Lakh Fresh Covid Cases, Positivity Rises From 13.39% To 14.50%
India's daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement as the country reported 2.34 lakh cases today, taking the total tally to 4.10 crore. The active cases now comprise 4.59 per cent of the total infections. | Read more|
India reports over 2.86 lakh new cases; positivity rate jumps to 19.5%
India saw a marginal rise in fresh cases, reporting over 2.86 lakh (2,86,364) in the last 24 hours, ending at 9 am on Thursday. With around 3.06 lakh (3,06,357) recoveries, the number of active cases has declined to 22 lakh (22,02,472). The daily positivity rate has increased slightly to 19.59 per cent, while the weekl | Read more|
New Zealand PM Cancels Wedding. Reason: New Covid Rules
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was Sunday forced to call off her own wedding as she tightened Covid-19 restrictions in the face of an outbreak of the Omicron variant. "My wedding will not be going ahead," she confirmed after detailing new restrictions; including a limit of 100 fully vaccinated people at even | Read more|
2 Million People Tested For Covid In Beijing As Winter Olympics Loom
Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where they identified a small cluster of Covid-19 infections will be tested, less than two weeks ahead of the start of the Winter Olympics. | Read more|
Covid-19: Slight uptick in India’s daily cases
India recorded 2,82,970 new Covid-19 cases and 441 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday, data updated by the Union Ministry of Health showed. | Read more|
WHO warns pandemic not over amid Europe case records
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over". | Read more|
China Toughens Covid Response As Omicron Hits Its Power Centers
Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centers of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country's response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks. | Read more|
2.71 Lakh New Covid Cases In India
India reported 2,71,202 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, marginally higher than Saturday’s infections, data updated by the Union Ministry of Health showed on Sunday morning. | Read more|