New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lok Sabha members on Tuesday urged the government to prepare to deal with the tentacles of Omicron, the new variant of coronavirus. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in…
Mumbai, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sounding alarm for Maharashtra, eight new cases of Covid-19 variant Omicron have been detected in the state, taking the state tally to 28, officials said on Tuesday. The cases include seven…
Washington, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pfizer on Tuesday announced that the final analysis of Paxlovid, its antiviral pill against Covid, has shown it to be 89 per cent effective in reducing hospitalisation or death in high-risk…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the appropriateness or necessity of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine is yet to be decided as the complete biological…
By Rachel V ThomasA New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The new hyper-mutated Omicron variant of Covid-19 will not affect India as badly as Delta did early this year, yet the country cannot be complacent but…
Mumbai, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will launch Covavax — its vaccine for children aged above 3 years — in the next six months, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla said here…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Tuesday achieved another milestone in its fight against Covid-19 pandemic with the administration of vaccines to over 55 per cent of the eligible population so far. In total,…
London, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of researchers has launched the trial of a new needle-free Covid-19 vaccine that aims to protect against future variants of the infectious virus. The vaccine — DIOS-CoVax — administered…
Chennai, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seven passengers from Nigeria have been admitted to the Kings Institute of Preventive Medicine in Chennai for suspected Omicron variant, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday. The Nigerians,…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four new cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant has been reported in Delhi, taking the total tally in the national capital to six, Health Minister Satyendra Jain announced on Tuesday….
London, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The hyper mutated Omicron Covid variant, known to evade vaccine efficacy, cannot be deterred with two doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shots, scientists at Oxford University have found. The yet…
Jaipur, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four more people tested positive for Omicron variant of Coronavirus in Rajasthan on Monday taking the tally to 17 in the state, Health officials said. Of the four, three had come…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Tuesday witnessed a major drop in the number of daily Covid cases as it reported 5,784 new infections in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 571 days,…
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The family of an elderly woman, who had died a week after her first dose of Covid vaccination, has been informed about the successful administration of the second dose…
Lucknow, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid an ongoing uptrend in Uttar Pradesh’s Covid-19 situation, the active cases in the state has increased to 155. In the past 24 hours, the state registered 19 new cases, while…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) An NRI woman infected with coronavirus infection ran away from a Covid-dedicated hospital in Noida district of Uttar Pradesh. However, after five hours of search, the Noida police brought her…
Gandhinagar, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gujarat on Monday detected its fourth Omicron case in ‘Diamond City’ Surat. A 42-year-old diamond trader from the gem hub of Ashwani Kumar Road tested positive for the new variant following…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers at IIT Delhi’s Kusuma School of Biological Sciences have developed an RT-PCR based assay for the specific detection of the Omicron (B.1.1.529.1) variant of SARS-CoV-2. The assay is based…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 21,235 people in Delhi have received Rs 50,000 ex-gratia as COVID-19 compensation till date, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Monday. “The Delhi Government received…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Gujarat and Maharashtra governments on various issues associated with Covid compensation scheme, during the hearing in a matter where it is monitoring…