KOCHI: As India looks at ways to combat the inevitable cyclical resurgence of Covid, a new study from Kerala shows hybrid immunity giving significantly higher protection against breakthrough infection than vaccine immunity alone. The study also shows the probability of…
MECCA: One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia‘s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest haj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars. Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow some 850,000…
MECCA: Thousand of maskless worshippers gathered to circle Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia‘s Mecca on Wednesday, kick-starting the biggest haj pilgrimage since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam and a once-in-a-lifetime duty…
BEIJING: Tens of millions of people were under lockdown in China on Wednesday as businesses in a major tourist city were forced to shut their doors and fresh clusters sparked fears of a return to blanket restrictions. Health authorities reported…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s Covid-19 response body on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines with masking up and social distancing among the measures for Eid ul Azha as the number of coronavirus cases rose across the country. Covid cases witnessed a spike in Pakistan…
The Kolhapure-Sharma household in Mumbai’s Juhu has gone a bit glum. Padmini Kolhapure’s husband, producer Tutu Sharma, has tested positive for COVID and has a few symptoms which are giving him discomfort. Padmini however has tested negative for now and…
Maharashtra on Monday reported 1,515 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 50 per cent less compared to the previous day, and three more deaths linked to the infection, taking the overall tally to 79,86,811 and the toll to 1,47,943, said the state…
NEW DELHI: With 16,135 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,35,18,564, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,223 with 24 fresh…
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong lawmaker who posed for a group photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the leader’s visit to the financial hub this week confirmed Sunday he has since tested positive for coronavirus. Xi visited Hong Kong…
NEW DELHI: India reported 16,103 new coronavirus infections and 31 Covid-related deaths across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry data on Sunday morning. India’s total tally of Covid-19 infections from the beginning of…
