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coronavirus india news

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

Throughout the pandemic, and since, researchers have focused on China as the origin of the virus, but we still don't know how it came about
Published on Mar 15, 2024 10:22 am IST

COVID variant EG.5: What we know about Eris

Come autumn/winter, we may be back to regular COVID tests.
Published on Aug 17, 2023 01:46 pm IST

First batch of Sputnik V vaccine to arrive in Kanpur medical college for Phase 2, 3 trials

A nurse prepares Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for inoculation at a clinic in Tver, Russia.
Updated on Nov 15, 2020 02:05 pm IST

Priyanka Chopra joins janta curfew ‘in spirit’ from USA, honours first responders amid Covid-19 lockdown. Watch video

Priyanka Chopra participates in the janta curfew from Los Angeles.
Updated on Mar 23, 2020 10:31 am IST

‘Melas are hazardous to health’: Twinkle Khanna takes hilarious dig at her own film amid coronavirus lockdown

Twinkle Khanna and Aamir Khan in a still from Mela.
Updated on Mar 20, 2020 09:07 am IST

Amitabh Bachchan outlines ways to tackle coronavirus in latest video, says ‘Covid-19 can be stopped’. Watch

Amitabh Bachchan in a screengrab from the video.
Updated on Mar 17, 2020 01:56 pm IST

Kerala man admitted to coronavirus isolation ward in hospital dies

Women devotees wearing masks as a precaution against a new coronavirus head to their homes after making their offerings during the annual Pongala festival at the Attukal temple in Thiruvananthapuram, on March 9.
Updated on Mar 13, 2020 06:19 pm IST

Coronavirus update: Indian national evacuated from Italy with 82 tests positive for Covid-19

People seen wearing protective masks as a precautionary measure amid rising coronavirus scare, at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi on Friday.
Updated on Mar 13, 2020 03:48 pm IST

Executive of Noida firm living in Delhi tests positive for coronavirus: Official

People are seen wearing protective face masks as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, at New Delhi Railway Station on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 13, 2020 02:10 pm IST

Amit Shah’s Manipur visit postponed due to coronavirus threat

Amit Shah ’s visit to Manipur has been postponed due to coronavirus threat.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 11:24 pm IST

Karnataka confirms fifth case of Coronavirus

The latest positive case of coronavirus in Karnataka had returned from Greece a few days ago.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 08:34 pm IST

RBI prepared to deal with coronavirus impact on economy, markets

RBI announce measures to stabilise forex markets in the wake of coronavirus’ impact.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 05:25 pm IST

‘Stay put wherever you are’: Govt advises Indian nationals in coronavirus hotspots

A passenger wearing a face mask as a prevention against Covid-19 travels with others in a local train in Mumbai, on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 05:19 pm IST

‘No central govt minister will travel abroad’: PM Modi on coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus update: PM Modi
Updated on Mar 13, 2020 07:02 am IST

Three more flights to evacuate Indians from coronavirus-hit Iran

Union health ministry gave a detailed briefing of India’s fight against coronavirus on Friday.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 04:10 pm IST

More than 6,000 Indians stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran, efforts on to bring them back, says govt

An Iranian man is seen wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, as he walks in Tehran.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 03:21 pm IST

Italy a cause of concern, says govt as India’s coronavirus cases rise to 60

People wearing protective masks wait to board a bus at a terminal amid coronavirus fears, in Kerala’s Kochi on March 11.
Updated on Mar 11, 2020 05:08 pm IST

Does Daniel Radcliffe have coronavirus? Actor’s rep clarifies after fake tweet shared online

Actor Daniel Radcliffe poses for photographers upon arrival at a screening of the film Escape From Pretoria in London.
Updated on Mar 11, 2020 01:40 pm IST

Coronavirus spread: How countries are managing cost of treatment

Passengers wearing masks as a precaution against coronavirus ride a bus at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, on March 10.
Updated on Mar 11, 2020 09:42 am IST

Coronavirus: Govt wants travellers from abroad to fill this form

A woman goes through thermal screening amid the coronavirus scare with 43 cases tested positive in India so far, in New Delhi on Monday.
Updated on Mar 09, 2020 06:56 pm IST

IAF sending C-17 Globemaster to bring Indians back from coronavirus-hit Iran

The C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft which will be sent by the Indian Air Force to bring Indians back amid coronavirus scare.
Updated on Mar 09, 2020 06:11 pm IST

Covid-19: What we know and what we don’t

A security personnel uses a thermal screening device on visitors at the entry gate of a housing society in Gurugram, on Sunday, as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus.
Updated on Mar 09, 2020 01:03 pm IST

On scramble for masks, health minister Harsh Vardhan’s advice, and a warning

People are seen wearing masks in Amritsar following multiple positive cases of coronavirus in the country, on Friday.
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 04:51 pm IST

Irish woman suspected to have coronavirus went missing, found in Odisha hotel

The number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 31 in India after a man in Delhi tested positive for the infection.
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 01:25 pm IST

The 7 strains of coronavirus and unknowns of Covid-19

A King County Metro equipment service worker sprays a Virex solution to sanitise buses against the coronavirus in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 10:40 am IST

Maharashtra prepares for Coronavirus threat, with launch of two 24X7 helplines

Uddhav Thackeray said hospitals have been asked to create isolation wards and be ready to treat possible coronavirus cases
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 12:45 pm IST

Global coronavirus infections top 94,000, says WHO

South Korean army soldiers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Seoul, on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 05, 2020 11:22 am IST

How conference hall at health ministry emerged as coronavirus-control war-room

People wearing protective masks stand in a queue near novel coronavirus Facilitation Centre at Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital following positive cases of coronavirus in the country in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Updated on Mar 05, 2020 08:16 am IST

Tech firm evacuates 2 sites as coronavirus infection rises to 3 in Hyderabad

Doctors at Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital where people who returned from China are under observation.
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 05:49 pm IST