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Late summer wave? Covid hospitalisations spike in US, health agency warns

Covid In US: People shop at a grocery store enforcing the wearing of masks in Los Angeles.
Updated on Jul 31, 2023 06:43 am IST

Omicron wave led to more deaths than Delta in US, says report

Pedestrians walk through Times Square in New York. (AP)
Published on Feb 22, 2022 01:41 pm IST

Can Omicron's ‘immunity’ end Covid-19 pandemic? Experts hint at ‘silver lining’

General view of the passenger check-in area as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic continues at the international airport in Cancun, Mexico, on January 3, 2022. 
Updated on Jan 04, 2022 08:59 am IST

Curbs return, cases surge as world copes with Omicron in 2022: Latest updates

Healthcare workers wait for the next vehicle at a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing clinic as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Sydney, Australia. 
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 07:57 am IST

US hits new record for daily Covid tally since January, logs 265,427 new cases

Covid-19 signs placed on the ground remind fans as they walk to their seats prior to a game between the St. Louis Blues and the Arizona Coyotes at Enterprise Center.
Published on Dec 29, 2021 09:38 pm IST

Omicron looms large over Christmas weekend, more than 6,000 flights cancelled

Cancelled flights on an electronic board at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. 
Published on Dec 26, 2021 08:05 am IST

Apple shut 8 stores since Tuesday amid Covid-19 surge in US

Apple, based in Cupertino, California, typically shuts down a retail store when around 10% of staff members test positive for Covid-19. 
Published on Dec 23, 2021 01:53 pm IST

Omicron has created lockdown-like situation, avoid Christmas parties: BMC chief

A healthcare worker of BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation collects swab samples of an outstation passenger for Covid-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 04:49 pm IST

Pakistan reports its first case of Omicron variant of Covid-19

Pakistan’s Covid-19 tally stands at 298,509.
Updated on Dec 09, 2021 12:49 pm IST

Not yet clear if Omicron more transmissible, causes severe disease: WHO

Not yet clear if Covid variant Omicron more transmissible, causes severe disease: WHO
Published on Nov 29, 2021 08:42 am IST

Omicron: New York declares emergency amid new coronavirus variant threat

The new Omicron variant has yet to be detected in New York, officials said. 
Published on Nov 27, 2021 12:15 pm IST

US hospitals at ‘breaking point’ as Covid-19 rebounds in multiple areas

Emergency room nurses talk outside the emergency room at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, US. 
Updated on Nov 23, 2021 10:19 am IST

As Delta spreads, some travelers double up on COVID-19 vaccine in U.S.

People shop at a grocery store enforcing the wearing of masks in Los Angeles on July 23, 2021.
Updated on Aug 16, 2021 04:17 pm IST

Delta variant threatens US tourist hub, Missouri’s Ozark Mountains

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this week singled out southwestern Missouri the region that includes Branson as one of several hot-spots for the delta variant.
Published on Jul 10, 2021 08:50 pm IST

N. Korea's Kim says food situation 'tense' due to pandemic, typhoons

Kim said the overall economy had improved in the first half of the year, with the total industrial output growing 25% from a year before, KCNA said.
Published on Jun 16, 2021 05:11 am IST

India likely to get large share of US jabs: Envoy

A vaccination centre wears a deserted look due to shortage of vaccines in New Delhi.
Published on Jun 05, 2021 03:42 am IST

Goa wants all adults to take Ivermectin. Here's why FDA warned against its use

A pharmacist holds the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin. The drug has been found to have "weak evidence" in favour of its benefits in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) treatment.
Published on May 11, 2021 04:27 pm IST

CDC says that Covid-19 cases in US could see sharp decline by July

Pedestrians walk along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada as fresh cases fall in US.
Published on May 05, 2021 10:26 pm IST

Citizens in several nations keen to get shots but govts fail to cater to demands

A medical worker gives a shot of Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to a woman during the vaccination in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Published on May 05, 2021 06:23 pm IST

US exempts students, journalists from travel restrictions to India

The Biden administration announced restrictions on travel from India earlier on Friday attributing the move to the “extraordinarily high Covid-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in India”. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Updated on May 02, 2021 01:25 am IST

US vaccinates more than 101 million people against Covid-19

People sit in the observation area after receiving a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History vaccination site in New York, US.
Published on May 01, 2021 01:25 pm IST

Fully vaccinated Americans can go unmasked outdoors, CDC says

(The odds of infection are much smaller in outdoor settings, but numerous factors, such as social distancing, vaccination status and duration of face-to-face exposure can play a role in determining the likelihood of transmission.
Updated on Apr 27, 2021 10:23 pm IST

Why has the US recorded the highest number of deaths due to Covid-19?

A small shopping basket filled with vials labeled "COVID-19 - Coronavirus Vaccine" and medical syringes are placed on a US flag in this illustration photo.
Published on Feb 23, 2021 09:00 am IST

US Covid-19 deaths cross 500,000-mark, matching the toll of 3 wars

In this file photo taken on December 29, 2020 after administering him with oxygen, County of Los Angeles paramedics load a potential Covid-19 patient in the ambulance before transporting him to a hospital in Hawthorne, California as a family walks by. The US toll is by far the highest reported in the world, accounting for 20 percent of the nearly 2.5 million coronavirus deaths globally.
Published on Feb 23, 2021 05:40 am IST

Anthony Fauci says Americans may have to wear masks even in 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during a visit at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in this file picture.
Published on Feb 22, 2021 06:54 am IST

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell: Report

Nurses picket Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Faribault, Minn., during a healthcare worker protest of a shortage on protective masks.
Published on Feb 17, 2021 05:44 am IST

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s aide says data on Covid death was withheld

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has pushed back against requests to open up vaccines to even more groups of people.
Published on Feb 12, 2021 09:06 pm IST

Biden says US will have enough Covid vaccines for entire population

Biden has pledged to provide 100 million Covid vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office and he said the administration was increasing its overall weekly vaccine supply to states and territories.
Published on Jan 27, 2021 04:29 am IST

Biden warns Covid-19 toll can cross 600,000, urges Congress to pass rescue plan

US President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response before signing executive orders for economic relief to Covid-hit families and businesses in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
Published on Jan 23, 2021 05:13 am IST

California confirms second US coronavirus case of unknown origin

California health officials on Friday confirmed a second suspected US case of the new coronavirus transmitted to a person who did not travel overseas.
Published on Feb 29, 2020 07:56 am IST