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Tightening Covid net, Beijing deals out punishments, stark warnings

Shanghai, which is aiming for a June 1 complete exit from a stringent city-wide lockdown, is gradually and cautiously unwinding COVID curbs

China further lowers cost of Covid-19 nucleic acid tests to nearly $2.4

China has asked local authorities to further lower the price of Covid-19 nucleic acid tests to no more than 16 yuan (nearly $2.4) per person for a single test.

US moves to make antiviral drug readily available against Covid-19

The White House on Thursday announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer

Where is the economy headed?n 2019, we set a goal of being a $5-trillion

The economy has recovered from Covid, but incompletely, and old problems still persist

LIVE: Two SA returnees test Covid positive in Bengaluru; Omicron reaches UK

Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Britain connected to travel to southern Africa, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday

Too early to call new Covid variant more lethal, transmissible: ICMR

The variant has not been detected in India yet

Delta to Omicron: Looking back at Covid-19 pandemic's journey in 2021

With omicron presenting another challenge, the country is working to be better prepared this time around.

Data story: India logs 2,124 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,507

India has so far administered 1,926,744,769 vaccine doses

Live: Russia at risk of debt default after US payment license expires

Live news updates: From Russia-Ukraine war to coronavirus, catch all the live updates from across the globe here

Delhi records 418 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate at 2.27%

Delhi on Tuesday logged 418 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.27 per cent, while two more people succumbed to the viral disease

Data story: India logs 1,675 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,490

India has so far administered 1,925,270,955 vaccine doses

Covid-19 pandemic is 'far from over', reiterates WHO chief Tedros

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated here that the Covid-19 pandemic "is far from over".

India expresses disappointment over WHO's Covid mortality report

India expressed dismay and concern over the WHO's recent report on all-cause excess mortality estimates, saying authentic data published by the statutory authority has not been taken into account.

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

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

Covid: Delhi sees 365 fresh cases, one more death, positivity rate at 1.97%

Delhi on Sunday reported 365 fresh COVID-19 cases and one more death, while the positivity rate stood at 1.97 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, Delhi's COVID-19 caseload increased to 19,03,554 and the death toll climbed to 26,201. A total of 18,543 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the national capital the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi had logged 479 COVID-19 cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 2.06 per cent and one death. The city saw 530 cases and zero deaths on Friday, while the positivity rate stood at 2.17 per cent. On Thursday, the capital recorded 520 cases with a positivity rate of 2.09 per cent and one death. The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28,867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemic. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 percent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic. The number of a

Covid-19: INSACOG confirms presence of BA.4, BA.5 Omicron variants in India

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) on Sunday confirmed the first case of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Covid-19 in India.

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