Coronavirus News

Mangalaso Bai from Aurai village in Kartala tehsil of Chhattisgarh's Korba district is today a role model for over a thousand people.

A day after a dip in new Covid positive cases, on Wednesday there was a slight increase in terms of positive cases with 34,281 cases. The state also reported 468 deaths. Once again Bengaluru Urban remained on top with 11,772 new infection cases and 218 deaths.

With 2,76,110 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to 2,57,72,440, while the daily deaths were recorded below 4,000 after four days.  

In this video, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove -- the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Technical Lead -- explains the difference between virus variants of interest and virus variants of concern. 

Singapore orders Facebook and Twitter to carry a correction notice to users of the social media platforms in the country over what it says is a false statement about a new virus variant originating in Singapore.

A video of a Mangaluru doctor, B Srinivas Kakkilaya refusing to wear a face mask in a supermarket has gone viral

In a significant development in police harassment case during lockdown, the Karnataka High Court not only dismissed the petition but also pulled up activist Balakrishnan and also imposed a penalty on Rs 1,000 against him.

Amidst slow vaccine process, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday informed reporters that the state has got a fresh stock of 2 lakh Covisheld vaccines. Another good news is that Karnataka which was struggling with increasing Covid cases registered a single-day record with 58,395 recoveries.

With Covid-19 second wave having a cascading impact on everyone, and news about increase in cases and death rates, further results in panic, however frontline workers like doctors and a common man who had contacted the killer virus ask people to stay calm and early detection as it is the only key to beat Covid.

An Indian Army Engineers team under Maj Gen Sanjay Rihani undertook this initiative amid the surge in demand for oxygen across the country in the wake of second wave of Covid-19.