The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

AHMEDABAD: The city on Sunday recorded 203 new Covid positive cases, an 11.4% drop compared to 229 on Saturday.

PUNE: Nashik district has topped Covid vaccine coverage in the 12-14 age group, with about 90% of the eligible population covered. Jalna and Sangli districts - with 86% and 85% coverage - are inching closer to complete coverage as well.

As Australia exceeds the 10,000 COVID-19 deaths mark, an infectious diseases expert has called for the fourth dose age limit to be lowered from 65 to 50.

BENGALURU: Thanks to easing of the Covid situation and a harsh summer, beer consumption in Karnataka is on the rise with the first financial quarter of 2022-23 reporting a 130% increase in sales over like period last year. However, the sale of Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) saw a marginal rise.

MYSURU: As many as 261 schools downed the shutters and nearly 50% of the eligible children did not seek admission for pre-primary classes for 2020-21, the first academic year badly affected by stringent Covid-19 lockdown measures, according to an analysis of a report prepared by the Unified District Information System…

The financial sector is on the cusp of yet another transformation. Customers emerging from Covid-19 are demanding new and better sets of services to meet their new consumption patterns, be it how they shop, eat, work or transfer money. It's a dramatic shift that is compelling banks to transform or…

The highly transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are keeping people alert to a possible outbreak, but Covid-19 may not be the most serious concern as the economy ambles forward.

Officials in Thimphu acknowledged that the strict measures caused inconvenience to travellers but were necessary to "protect" the country and communities from COVID-19.

Staffing shortages and overcrowding are creating "unacceptable" conditions at Darwin Correctional Centre, legal advocates claim.