Coronavirus Infection

Budget session: Parliament to resume normal sittings from Monday, COVID-19 restrictions to stay

According to the official guidelines, only sitting members of the two Houses of Parliament can visit the Central Hall which will be out of bounds for the former MPs and visitors

Here's what you should do if you have tested positive for COVID-19

If you have symptoms and cannot get either a PCR or a rapid antigen test, you should assume you have COVID and self-isolate until you can get tested.

India logs 1.41 lakh new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hrs, 285 more deaths; Omicron tally at 3,071

Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 876 Omicron variant cases, followed by Delhi at 513, Karnataka 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala 284 and Gujarat 204.

Weekend lockdown, night curfew return: As COVID-19 cases rise, check list of states that have imposed curbs

Delhi has already imposed a weekend lockdown. Mumbai, meanwhile, is mulling over whether to impose a weekend curfew, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be reviewing the Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra

What is 2-DG: All you need to know about DRDO's new anti-COVID drug

Earlier this month, the Drugs Controller General of India gave permission for 2-DG to be used for moderate to severe coronavirus patients as an adjunct therapy

Gujarat: 18 COVID-19 patients killed in fire at Bharuch hospital

There were around 50 other patients at the four-storeyed hospital when the fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward at 1 am, an official said

India's COVID-19 tally crosses 90 lakh after 45,882 more infections in a day, toll above 1.32 lakh

There are 4,43,794 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 4.92 percent of the total caseload, said the health ministry on Friday

New study suggests targeting gel formed in lungs of severe COVID-19 patients may help reduce disease intensity

Scientists proposed that patients with severe infection be given hyaluronidase early on to help clear out the gel made up of a polysaccharide (sugar) called hyaluronan, from the lungs while hypoxia is still developing

India's COVID-19 tally over 67.57 lakh with 72,049 fresh infections; fatality rate at 1.55%

There are 9,07,883 active cases of coronavirus in the country which comprises 13.44 percent of the total caseload, said the health ministry

Coronavirus Updates: Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari dies of COVID-19, say reports

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The PTI report added that he had been undergoing treatment for the infection when he passed away