Kerala reports 12,787 new COVID cases, 150 deaths

Jun 24, 2021, at 01:05 am

Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala on Wednesday reported 12,787 fresh cases of novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours while 150 people succumbed in the same period.

UK strain behind massive surge in Covid cases in Delhi

Apr 24, 2021, at 03:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The UK strain is behind the rapid rise in coronavirus cases in Delhi, an analysis of samples has revealed.

Over 80 cases of British COVID-19 strain confirmed in Russia

Apr 06, 2021, at 03:10 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: More than 80 cases of the British coronavirus variant have been registered in Russia, all of them are imported cases, Anna Popova, the head of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said.

UK Coronavirus variant found in cat in northern Italy

Mar 19, 2021, at 04:00 pm

Rome/Sputnik: Italy’s Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (IZSPLV) has detected the UK coronavirus variant in a domestic cat from northern Novara province, marking the first such case in the country.

West Bengal on high alert after first case of new UK coronavirus strain reported in Kolkata

Dec 30, 2020, at 07:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal health department has put its machineries on high alert after the first case of the new UK strain of Coronavirus, which is reportedly 70 per cent more contagious than the existing one, was confirmed in Kolkata, sources said.

There will be set backs & new challenges in 2021: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Dec 29, 2020, at 09:34 pm

Geneva: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday reminded people that 2021 might witness new challenges like the emergence of the new Coronavirus strain.