New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Emphasising that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children, children over the age of five years should get vaccinated against the disease, suggests Dr Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Diseases at US' University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 19 (ANI): The rising cases of COVID-19 in Kerala could be due to the presence of the Omicron variant of the virus, said Dr GS Vijayakrishnan, the President of Kerala Government Medical Officers Association on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Dr Samiran Panda on Tuesday said that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is gradually replacing the Delta variant in many states across the country.
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): As the third wave of the COVID pandemic raises concern of infection among children, an expert has suggested that there is no need to panic as the Omicron, Variant of Concern, is mild, but have asked to avoid unnecessary medications and radiation exposure.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 18 (ANI): Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole on Tuesday chaired a meeting to take a review of the situation arising of 3rd wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the division at Divisional COVID-19 Control Room Kashmir (DCCRK) here.
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Virender Sehwag, Misbah-Ul-Haq and Daren Sammy will be leading their respective teams in the upcoming Legends League Cricket (LLC) T20 starting from January 20 in Muscat Cricket Stadium, Oman.
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday wrote to all States and Union Territories and asked them "to immediately increase testing in a strategic manner keeping in view the trend of case positivity in specific areas".
Moscow [Russia], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The effectiveness of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron coronavirus variant is 75 per cent, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center, said on Tuesday.
Muscat [Oman], January 18 (ANI): The Women's Asia Cup is a great opportunity to make a mark in the senior hockey side, feels talented young forward Mariana Kujur who hails from the hockey belt Sundargarh in Odisha.
Beijing [China], January 18 (ANI): China on Monday reported 127 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, local media reported citing the National Health Commission on Tuesday.
Beijing [China], January 18 (ANI): The world's largest human migration, China's 40-day Chunyun or Spring Festival travel rush, kicked off on Monday amid nationwide COVID-19 flare-ups.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Analysing the curvature of the three COVID-19 waves that have had hit India, experts said that the preparedness in the third wave is better at all levels while adding that until the next few weeks, it is too early to come to an inference regarding the sig