NEW DELHI — India logged 3,06,064 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,95,43,328, while the active cases climbed to 22,49,335, the highest in 241 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,89,848 with 439 fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]
COPENHAGEN — The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe, the WHO Europe director said Sunday. “It’s plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame,” Hans Kluge told AFP in an interview, adding that Omicron could infect 60 […]
GENEVA — The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been identified in 171 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. In its latest technical brief, the global health body said that Omicron is soon set to replace Delta globally as a result of its immunity evading potential. It stated that Omicron has been found to have […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 6253 fresh daily Covid-19 cases while seven persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said in Sunday. 1754 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 4499 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 397202, the officials told GNS. Regarding the deaths, they […]
SRINAGAR — Health and Medical Education department in J&K has proposed to empower administrators, personal officers and administrative officers of Government Medical Colleges and Subordinate Departments of Health and Medical Education department, an official communique said Sunday. The duties, responsibilities and functions of the administrators, personal officers and administrative officers will be to look into […]
J&K admin violates NCM rules, turns Principals into ceremonial heads Haroon Nabi SRINAGAR — At a time when the central government across the country is empowering health experts to lead the healthcare systems, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has handed over Government Medical Colleges of Jammu and Srinagar and their associated hospitals to lower-rung bureaucrats, […]
NEW DELHI — The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 3,33,533 lakh new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, which is marginally lower than yesterday. With a tally of 3,92,37,264 crore cases, India is the second worst-hit country after the US. The daily positivity rate is slightly up from 17.22% to 17.78% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.65 per […]
JAMMU — Jammu & Kashmir has achieved the target of 100% COVID vaccination in the 15 – 18 years age group for the first dose in the Ganderbal, Shopian, Anantnag and Poonch districts. This is a major step towards the complete vaccination goal of the eligible people in the Union Territory. The efforts of District […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s daily Covid-19 cases breached all records since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 as it recorded 6568 fresh infections while seven person succumbed to the virus in last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. 1875 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 4693 from Kashmir, taking […]