Covid cases are increasing in western Europe, France has reported 90,000 average daily cases of coronavirus. WHO said that Europe has lifted curbs too brutally and experts blamed the surge on a mix of lifting curbs & BA.2 variant.

Coronavirus cases surge in western Europe, France reports 90,000 average daily Covid-19 cases

As a resurgent COVID-19 wreaks havoc in China, more than 70 officials have been let go as a “punishment” in the past one month for failing to control the virus. China has been witnessing a spurt in Covid cases owing to the more contagious Omicron variant.

China continues to break Covid case record, officials face the brunt for 'laxity'

China has registered 4,051 new covid cases and public health governance is expected to come under pressure in the coming weeks. However, Beijing is moving with zero-covid strategy.

China registers 4,051 new covid cases, Beijing continues zero-covid strategy

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday appreciated NGOs, stakeholders and healthcare workers for working tirelessly among the communities during the COVID-19 pandemic to support them in various ways.

India's health minister lauds healthcare workers for working tirelessly during COVID-19 pandemic

In the last two years, the world has also witnessed a substantial increase in the number of diabetes cases prompting scientists to explore whether there could be a possible link of diabetes and covid-19.

Rise in cases of diabetes, possible link of covid-19 pandemic lifestyle?

New Zealand is re-opening its borders to the world, after two years spent closed off by the pandemic. Vaccinated Australians will be allowed to enter without needing to isolate upon arrival.

New Zealand borders to reopen; Visa-Waiver countries tourists can travel from May 1

As per the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the coronavirus pandemic increased Southeast Asia's poorest by 4.7 million in 2021, reversing gains made in combating poverty.

4.7 million Southeast Asians plunge into extreme poverty after the pandemic: Asian Development Bank

China reported 5,280 new cases of Covid on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally. It is the highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. Jilin, a northeastern province, was the hardest hit, accounting for more than 3,000 cases, according to the National Health Commission.

China reports 5,280 daily Covid cases, highest tally since the pandemic started two years ago

China has reported new cases, many Chinese cities are under lockdown. Are we looking at another global wave of coronavirus cases?

China's latest Wuhan virus outbreak: 10 Chinese cities under lockdown

For the first time in two years, China's daily COVID-19 cases are over 1,000 as the highly contagious Omicron variant has triggered outbreaks on a scale only seen during the Wuhan outbreak.

For the first time since start of pandemic, China records more than 1,000 daily cases

As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its third year, the world is very close to recording its six millionth official death due to the deadly virus. As per Johns Hopkins University, the death toll stood at 59,99,158 as of March 7.

As pandemic enters third year, Covid related deaths to soon reach 6 million

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sought to cool simmering resentment over the slow unlocking of the country's pandemic restrictions on Thursday, a day after police cleared a weeks-long Canada-style protest outside parliament.

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern faces resentment over slow unlocking of pandemic restrictions

Podcasts aren't a new thing, but their popularity skyrocketed during pandemic years. As lockdowns became a norm, people consumed more media indoors. And that included podcasts.

Listening podcast on headphones than on speaker may make you connect more with presenters: Study

The mountain gorillas that live in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park have frequent encounters with humans. On any given day, the animals might come across smartphone-toting tourists, fecal-sample-swiping biologists or antibiotic-administering veterinarians.

When people take pandemic precautions, gorillas breathe easier

Almost 15,000 “ghost flights” have flown from the UK since the coronavirus pandemic began in March, according to new official data. Between March 2020 and September 2021, Heathrow topped the list with 4,910 ghost flights, defined as flights with no passengers or less than 10% of passenger capacity.

15,000 ‘ghost flights’ have left UK since pandemic began, Heathrow tops the list

Dr. Anthony Fauci, top medical advisor to the US President Joe Biden said we are still in the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Fauci said there are five stages of the pandemic.

The five stages of the covid Pandemic, as told by Dr Anthony Fauci

Is it time to start living with the COVID-19? What is the global strategy for the pandemic at Present? How to adapt to ever-changing challenges. Watch this video to know all the answers from experts themselves.

Is it time to start living with the COVID-19? Experts answer

Prince Charles has been reinfected with the coronavirus and met recently with his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, raising questions about whether the 95-year-old monarch is at risk of contracting the virus.

Prince Charles tests positive for Covid, raising concerns about risk to Queen

Britain's economy grew by a record 7.5 percent last year on easing Covid curbs after a pandemic-driven collapse, official data showed Friday, but analysts warned that sky-high inflation clouds the 2022 outlook.

UK economy rebounds by record 7.5% from pandemic in 2021

If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long? If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?

Opinion: The Covid policy that really mattered wasn’t a policy

Thousands of protesters across Canada took to the streets Saturday for the second weekend in a row, snarling traffic, disrupting business and residential neighborhoods and leading police to compare the demonstrations to a “siege” on the nation’s democracy.

Truck protest against pandemic measures spreads across Canada

Since the Covid pandemic has taken a toll on the US, most Americans have become ‘germaphobes’. As per a recent survey, which was carried out by Xlear and OnePoll, more than two of three Americans have turned into ‘germaphobes’.

After Covid pandemic, most Americans turned into ‘germaphobes’, says survey

American study shows that COVID pandemic is generating more than 7,000 tonnes of medical waste every day and much of it is made up of disposable face masks. However a Taiwanese company found an innovative way to deal with the problem.

Taiwanese company finds innovative way to deal with medical waste

Every morning, Ashley, a mother of two on Long Island in New York, has to navigate an ethical minefield: Her children’s schools send out a health questionnaire for COVID-19.

Fever? Sore throat? They just check ‘no’

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