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Omicron spread: UK scientists call for urgent Covid rules
Amid mounting cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19, scientists in the UK have called for urgent rules, warning that waiting till New...
Omicron fear: K’taka bans large gatherings for new year
Karnataka government on Tuesday announced restrictions on new year celebrations in the wake of prevailing Covid situation in the state.
At Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Chief...
Indian IT services firms set for robust growth, attrition a concern
Driven by an uptick in key verticals such as BFSI, telecom, manufacturing, retail and distribution, the revenue growth of domestic IT services companies is...
Covid-19 virus harms human immune system: Israeli research
Israeli researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, harms the human immune system, Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in southern Israel said on...
Kareena sends birthday wishes to son Taimur from isolation
Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is currently isolating herself after testing positive for Covid-19, wished her son Taimur Ali Khan on his 5th birthday.
The actress...
Moderna says its booster shot effective against Omicron
US drugmaker Moderna on Monday announced that its booster shot increases neutralising antibodies against the new vaccine evading Omicron variant, compared to two doses.
An...
PM confirms Israel under 5th Covid wave
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that the country is under the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic triggered by the new Omicron variant,...
EU to supply 20mn additional vaccine doses to fight Omicron variant
The member states of the European Union (EU) will receive an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three months...
Delhi govt designates four new pvt hospitals for Omicron treatment
The Delhi government has designated four new private hospitals as dedicated centres for treatment of new Covid variant Omicron.
Earlier, only Delhi government-run Lok Nayak...
Reinfection risk with Omicron is 5.4 times greater than Delta: Study
Amid various studies claiming that Omicron causes only mild disease, a new study shows that there is "no evidence" that Omicron is less severe...