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Representative image Delhi on Friday reported 10 deaths due to COVID-19, the highest in six months, and 2,136 cases with a positivity rate of 15.02 percent, according to data shared by the health department. This is the 10th consecutive day when Delhi logged more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases in a day. The national capital on February 13 reported 12 deaths due to the viral disease. The fresh cases on Friday came out of 14,225 COVID-19 tests, according to the latest health bulletin. With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi's infection count increased to 19,80,402 and the death toll rose to 26,367. Delhi on Thursday reported 2,726 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest in nearly six and a half months, and six fatalities due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate stood at 14.38 percent. The day before, it had logged eight fatalities and 2,146 cases with a positivity rate of 17.83 percent. On Tuesday, Delhi had reported 2,495 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of … [Read more...] about Delhi logs 2,136 new COVID-19 cases, 10 fatalities in a day

Representative image (Image: AP) North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, said the country had brought its coronavirus outbreak to an end without vaccines, state media reported Thursday, while Kim’s sister accused South Korea of sending the virus across the border and threatened​ “deadly”​ retaliation​. After two years of claiming to have no COVID-19 cases, North Korea reported an outbreak in May, announcing a “maximum emergency” and locking down all of its cities and counties. On Wednesday, Kim ​“solemnly declared the victory​” in “exterminating the novel coronavirus that had made inroads into our territory​,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. ​ Kim, speaking at a meeting with national health officials, said his government would downgrade its anti-disease vigilance to an “ordinary” level as of Friday, according to the report. ​Outside experts have cast doubt on the North’s ​COVID-related claims, including its past assertions that it had no cases. The figures it … [Read more...] about North Korea Says Its COVID-19 Outbreak Is Over

(Representative image: Reuters) Mumbai reported 757 new coronavirus infections on December 25, marking rise in cases for the fifth day in a row, the civic body said. The country's financial capital, however, recorded zero pandemic-related fatalities during the day. The city had reported 204 new cases on Monday, 327 on Tuesday, 490 on Wednesday, 602 on Thursday, and 683 cases on Friday. The caseload increased to 770,190 while death toll stayed unchanged at 16,368. As many as 280 patients recovered, raising the tally of recoveries to 7,47,538. Close COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions View more How does a vaccine work? A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, … [Read more...] about Mumbai records 757 COVID-19 cases, marking steady rise through week; no death

PM Narendra Modi (Image: ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his national address on December 25 announced that India will start vaccinating kids aged above 15 years from January 3, 2022. This move, the Prime Minister said, will allay the concerns of parents of the school and college-going kids and also give a fillip to education in India, which has suffered greatly since the outbreak of the pandemic due to the prolonged closure of academic institutions. As a precautionary measure, India will also administer a third dose or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers from January 10. Speaking about the need to administer a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers, PM Modi said: “As we are aware, corona warriors and healthcare and frontline workers have contributed greatly to India’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. They still spend a lot of time in the service of COVID-19 patients.” He added: … [Read more...] about COVID-19 | Vaccine for teens aged 15-18 years from January 3, announces PM Modi

Representational image The Delhi government on December 26 announced the imposition of night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am in view of the surge in daily COVID-19 cases. The curb will come into effect from December 27, the government said. The health department reported 290 new cases today, the highest since June 10. One fatality was also recorded in the same period. The night curfew has been reimposed as the positivity rate in the capital city has surged past 0.5 percent. It was recorded as 0.55 percent as per the latest update issued by the health department. According to Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)'s four-stage Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), a 'yellow alert' will be sounded if the positivity rates remains over 0.5 percent for more than two days. If the yellow alert comes into effect, restaurants and bars will be forced to operate at 50 percent of their total capacity, shops selling non-essential items would be allowed to remain open only till 8 pm, and … [Read more...] about Night curfew in Delhi from 11 pm to 5 am amid surge in COVID-19 cases

Representative image In a massive surge, Delhi on January 1 recorded 2,716 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since May 21, and one death while the positivity rate mounted to 3.64 percent, according to data shared by the city’s health department. Saturday’s tally of coronavirus cases was 51 percent higher than the figures registered a day before. On Friday and Thursday, 1,796 and 1,313 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 1.73 percent and 2.44 percent respectively, as per official figures. The daily case count on January 1 breached the 2000-mark after a gap of over seven months, as 2,716 new cases were logged with an increased positivity rate of 3.64 percent, as per the latest health bulletin. This rise is the highest since May 21 when 3,009 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 4.76 percent, while 252 deaths were also reported on that day. Close COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions View more How does … [Read more...] about Delhi records 2,716 new COVID-19 cases, highest since May 21

- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): The trading of Malaysia Pacific Corporation Bhd (MPCorp) shares will be suspended by the Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd with effect from Aug 19 and the counter will be de-listed on Aug 23 unless an appeal against the de-listing is submitted on or before Aug 18. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Friday, it said this follows Bursa Securities’ decision, vide a letter dated Aug 11, 2022, to reject the company’s application for an extension of time to comply with Paragraph 8.04(3) and Practice Note 17 of the Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Securities. It said the company intended to submit an appeal to Bursa Securities regarding the de-listing within the appeal timeframe. “In the event the company submits an appeal to Bursa Securities within the appeal timeframe, the de-listing of the securities from the official list of Bursa Securities on Aug 23 will be deferred, pending the decision on the company’s appeal,” it said. … [Read more...] about Trading of MPCorp shares to be suspended on Aug 19, faces de-listing on Aug 23

Members of the Alliance of Health Workers stage a protest in Quezon City on Friday, August 12, 2022, to call the government’s attention to the alleged delay in the health workers’ benefits from the One COVID-19 Allowance. Photo from AHW’s Facebook page MANILA, Philippines — Several health workers from healthcare institutions that are classified as government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) are yet to receive their benefits from the One COVID-19 Allowance (OCA). This was according to members of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) chapters at the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) and National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), who staged protests on Friday to call on the Department of Health (DOH) to immediately provide and distribute the OCA of health workers. They said health workers from PHC have so far only received their OCA benefits for the month of January this year while health workers from NKTI and other GOCC-hospitals like the Lung Center of the Philippines … [Read more...] about Health workers from GOCC-hospitals complain about delayed COVID-19 allowance

When the World Health Organization announced in May 2021 that it would start using letters of the Greek alphabet to designate Covid-19 variants of interest and concern, it hoped that the new labeling system would be " simple, easy to say, and remember ." Over a year later, WHO's Covid-19 naming has a lot of people asking: "what?" The designation of omicron variants as BA.4 and BA.5, which is now dominant (and deadly) has confused many people and hindered health officials in "selling" the idea that the public needs to remain vigilant. "It should have been a lot simpler, and a lot plainer," says Laurel Sutton, linguist and co-founder of Catchword , the 24-year-old San Francisco-based naming agency behind company names such as Asana and Upwork. Greek letters, she points out, don't mirror the phonetic order of the Latin alphabet--"gamma," for instance, comes before "delta." Many Greek letters already have established meanings: lambda is associated with the LGBTQIA community, … [Read more...] about The Omicron Follies: Covid-19 Variant Names Offer a Lesson in Bad Branding

DOH logo MANILA, Philippines — More than 40,000 people in the country are now sick due to COVID-19, based on the latest data in the Department of Health’s (DOH) coronavirus tracker. It also showed that an additional 4,661 contracted the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, pushing the nationwide tally to 3,823,084 since the pandemic hit the Philippines in 2020. According to the DOH, the country’s 40,315 current active cases account for 1.07 percent of the total cases, and 3,721,825 patients, or 97.32 percent, have already recovered from the illness. The COVID-19 death toll, however, reached 60,944, which accounts for 1.61 percent of the total cases, as of Friday, as the DOH recorded 28 more fatalities due to the coronavirus. On Thursday, the country’s COVID-19 active cases were at 37,962 . In a Twitter post, Octa Research fellow Guido David said the 4,661 new COVID-19 cases are higher than their forecast of 4,500 cases. David said their group projects 4,700 … [Read more...] about COVID-19 active cases in PH top 40,000 as 4,661 more contract disease – DOH