Amid COVID surge, Delhi imposes curfew on Saturdays, Sundays

As India’s national capital continues to witness rise in COVID-19 cases, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia imposed weekend curfew; ie on Saturdays and Sundays, to arrest the spread of the transmission.

Delhi, Maharashtra impose fresh curbs on hotels, restaurants after COVID spike

Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases across India, along with the rising detection of the Omicron variant, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, among other states, have imposed fresh restrictions on hotels, restaurants, bars, banquets and conference halls.

‘Tsunami’ of Omicron cases worldwide set to overwhelm healthcare systems: WHO chief

A COVID variant-driven “tsunami” threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems across the world, the WHO said yesterday as data showed cases have surged across the world in the past week to levels never seen before. breaking news

Too soon to tell if Omicron worse than Delta: WHO

A World Health Organisation official stated that the organisation does not yet have enough data on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus to say if it is more severe than the Delta variant

PM Modi, Priyanka Chopra among Bihar Covid jab list in glaring data fraud

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra are some of the names on a list of people supposedly vaccinated for COVID at Bihar’s Arwal district in a case of data fraud.

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine gets WHO approval for emergency use listing

According to reports, the Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended the Emergency Use Listing status for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.

About Category: Corona Virus/Covid-19

Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are: COVID-19 and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2