Coronavirus

Covering commuting costs, allowing casual attire: How companies are trying to get staff back to office

After the 2020 lockdown led to office closures for almost two years, employees of most companies who worked from home are now being asked to return to the office. Companies are taking various steps to help their employees through the transition

Few takers for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses but surge in cases may change that

With the Covid pandemic easing, most cases being mild, and the requirement of a nine-month gap from the second dose, most people have stayed away from vaccination centres

US biotech firm Ocugen gets Covaxin rights for Mexico

The Mexican authorities have made conquering the COVID-19 pandemic a major priority, said Ocugen Inc co-founder and chief executive officer Dr Shankar Musunuri, adding that they met Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, in Delhi.

Kerala faces Centre's ire for updating COVID-19 data after five days, skewing India’s coronavirus numbers

Kerala did not update COVID-19 related data for five days and has also not shared any reasons for the same.

As COVID-19 infections inch up, experts blame dropping of masks

Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are seeing an increase in daily cases and test positivity rates. Experts urge caution but say too early to talk about the fourth wave 

Is COVID more dangerous than driving? How scientists are parsing COVID risks

Mask mandates have fallen. Some free testing sites have closed. Whatever parts of the United States were still trying to collectively quell the pandemic have largely turned their focus away from communitywide advice.

'COVID spread' surges 500% in last 15 days among Delhi-NCR residents, claims survey

The survey results come as Delhi witnesses a sudden surge in the COVID cases. Delhi on Saturday recorded 461 fresh COVID-19 cases — 5.33 percent of all who were tested — and two deaths, according to the data shared by the city health department.

Random COVID-19 tests to resume at Delhi Metro stations, bus stops, markets: Report

Random sampling of COVID-19 tests will resume at public places in the national capital such as Delhi Metro stations, bus stops, and markets.

COVID-19 | Over 1.42 lakh precaution doses given in India

More than 2.42 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the 12-14 years age group so far. Over 2.52 crore precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and to those aged 60 and above so far.

China's economic growth under threat as virus takes hold

Growth in the world's second-largest economy was already slowing in the latter half of last year with a property market slump and regulatory crackdowns, leading policymakers to set their lowest annual GDP target in decades for 2022.

Omicron-specific Sinopharm COVID vaccine candidates cleared for clinical trial

The two candidates, both containing inactivated or "killed" Omicron virus and similar to the two Sinopharm vaccines in use in China, will be tested in adults who have already received two or three vaccine doses

India's 'warm' vaccine candidate effective against Delta, Omicron variants in mice: Study

The heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine candidate can be stored at 37 degrees Celsius for four weeks and at 100 degrees Celsius for up to 90 minutes.

More Chinese cities impose COVID curbs as Shanghai cases rise

Shanghai, at the centre of China's recent outbreak, on Saturday reported a record 3,590 symptomatic cases for April 15, as well as 19,923 asymptomatic cases.

Long Covid: Breathlessness, eye problem, muscle weakness, dementia most common symptoms

According to World Health Organisation, current evidence suggests approximately 10-20 per cent of people experience a variety of mid and long-term effects after they recover from the initial infection.

India records 975 fresh COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths; daily positivity rate at 0.32%

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.

COVID-19 update | 366 fresh cases in Delhi, positivity rate rises to 3.95%

With this, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has increased to 18,67,572. The death toll stands at 26,158.

Tata IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals physio Patrick Farhart tests COVID-19 positive

The IPL on Friday issued a press release about Patrick Farhart, confirming the first positive Covid-19 case of IPL 2022.

Delhi issues new COVID-19 advisory for schools, asks them to shut if any case reported

"If any COVID case is noticed or reported to the school authority the same must be intimated to the Directorate of Education immediately and the concerned wing of the school or the school as a whole as the case may be, must be closed down for time being," the Delhi govt advisory read.

Active COVID-19 caseload rises in India first time in 80 days amid uptick in daily cases in some states

Active COVID-19 cases in India have increased by 818 in the 24-hour period.

At 73, Mumbai sees highest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases after March 17; no fatality

With no fresh fatality due to COVID-19, the death toll in Mumbai remained unchanged at 19,560, a BMC bulletin said.

The Moneycontrol Real Estate show | No more at full strength; Employees will return to lean workspaces

In this episode of The Moneycontrol Real Estate show, Moneycontrol's Vandana Ramnani talks to Anurag Mathur, CEO, Savills India about how the commercial real estate market is expected to transform after three waves of COVID-19 and what will it be like for employees to return to work. Mathur tells listeners that it is unlikely that employees will return to all hands on deck scenario. “We will have more agility at workspaces. Employees will be able to work-from-home, work from anywhere and work from office,” he says.

Delhi recorded 299 new Covid cases, positivity rate 2.49%

Covid positivity rate in Delhi had jumped from 0.5 per cent to 2.70 per cent in one week, even as doctors on Tuesday had said it was "not a panic situation" as the daily case count was still low but cautioned against dropping the guard.

World surpasses half a billion known coronavirus cases

More than 5.1 billion people — about 66.4% of the world population — have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the Our World in Data project at the University of Oxford.

Hotels, multiplexes limp out of virus blues, shares begin to perk up

Hospitality stocks Wonderla Holidays and Imagicaworld Entertainment surged nearly 18 and 47% respectively since the start of the year. Since 1 March, both have risen 12 and 31% respectively.