Covid In India

EXCLUSIVE: Zero-Covid backfired on China; India not in the same position, says ICMR epidemiologist

Cases are rising exponentially in China and experts estimate that at least 60 per cent of population will likely be infected over the next 90 days. Dr Samiran Panda of ICMR says that since countries have different demography, it is wrong to assume that a surge in cases in China would affect India

Maharashtra logs 1,913 coronavirus cases, five deaths in last 24 hours

As per official date, of the total new cases recorded on Wednesday, the highest 1,320 were from the Mumbai administrative circle, followed by Pune (309), Nagpur (88), Nashik (65), Kolhapur (47), Akola (26), Latur (44) and Aurangabad (14) circles

New COVID subvariant BA.2.75 detected in India: Why we need to worry

The Omicron sub-lineage is believed to have certain mutations that let it dodge antibodies, giving it the ability to infect people who have had COVID before, as well as those who are vaccinated

Mumbai sees 93 COVID-19 cases, no death; active tally now 562

Of the 93 new cases, 91 were asymptomatic, while the two admitted in hospitals did not need oxygen support

PM Modi to hold virtual meeting with chief ministers on COVID situation on Wednesday

With 2,527 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 4,30,54,952, while active cases have increased to 15,079, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday

COVID-19: India logs 1,247 cases in last 24 hrs, a 43% dip from yesterday; positivity rate at 0.34%

An increase of 318 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Exercise increased caution while travelling to India, says new US travel advisory

However, its view on Jammu and Kashmir and the Indo-Pak border remains the same, where it is asking its citizens not to travel.

US relaxes COVID travel rating for India from Level 3 to Level 1: What does it mean for travellers

As per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Level 1 is a low-risk category. However, flyers have been requested to be fully vaccinated

Novovax’s COVID-19 vaccine gets authorisation for 12-17 age group in India: What you should know about Covovax

The protein-based vaccine, which is about 90 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic coronavirus, received emergency-use approval from the Drugs Controller General of India

COVID-19: Future waves unlikely to have serious impact in India, say experts

Some of them even said that the government should consider relaxing the mask mandate as the daily COVID-19 cases and deaths have remained low for a while