Epicentre

Initial data from a major hospital complex in South Africa's omicron epicenter show that while Covid-19 case numbers have surged, patients need less medical intervention.

Coronavirus infections broke records in parts of Europe on Wednesday, with the continent once again the epicentre of a pandemic that has prompted new curbs on movement and seen health experts push to widen the use of booster vaccination shots.

New Zealand will mostly lift its Covid-19 lockdown this week, with only the country's infection epicentre Auckland to remain under strict stay-at-home orders, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.

Intensive care cases in Australia's New South Wales will hit a peak in October as COVID-19 infections accumulate, said the premier of the country's most populous state, which reported record daily new infections on Monday.

Indonesia's devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the Southeast Asian country become the epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its health minister said Monday.

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria, the epicentre of the country's latest coronavirus hotspot, reported 11 new cases of community transmission on Monday, taking the current cluster to 51

The Indo-Pacific region has become the epicentre of strategic competition and like-minded nations need to act more consistently and cohesively to protect their shared interests in the face of multiple challenges, Australian PM Scott Morrison said.

Nandigram - the epicentre of the battle for Bengal - is voting today, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee toe-to-toe with her protege-turned-arch rival Suvendu Adhikari. Thirty constituencies in Bengal and 39 in Assam are voting.

Noting that India is surging ahead as an economic, cultural and technology power, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday said that the key driving force of the country's rise will be its entrepreneurs and it is going to be the epicentre of global growth and transformation.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday slammed the Uddhav Thackeray-led government over the deteriorating COVID-19 situation in the state, saying Maharashtra has become the epicentre of the infection.

Coronavirus figures rising in Maharashtra, the epicentre of the disease, the health authorities have issued a warning for Delhi and its surrounding areas. Already, the figures in Delhi are showing a distinct upward movement. This morning, Delhi logged 409 new cases of COVID-19 -- the highest single-day rise in two months. The last time Delhi recor...

Entry and exit at four metro stations, including at the Tikri border, one of the epicentres of the farmers' agitation, were shut by the DMRC authorities for nearly four hours on Thursday in view of the security situation due to a rail blockade called by the protesters.

Journalist Mandeep Punia, whose arrest last week at the Singhu border -- the epicentre of the farmers' protests outside Delhi -- sparked outrage, says he scribbled notes on his legs in Tihar Jail so he could file his reports. The freelance journalist was freed on bail by a Delhi court on Tuesday.

The Delhi Border Internet Ban:internet services ban in place since Saturday along the Delhi border areas of Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri - the epicentres of the ongoing farmers' protest - has been extended till tomorrow, officials said today.

A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 on Sunday visited a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago.

Initial data from a major hospital complex in South Africa's omicron epicenter show that while Covid-19 case numbers have surged, patients need less medical intervention.

Coronavirus infections broke records in parts of Europe on Wednesday, with the continent once again the epicentre of a pandemic that has prompted new curbs on movement and seen health experts push to widen the use of booster vaccination shots.

New Zealand will mostly lift its Covid-19 lockdown this week, with only the country's infection epicentre Auckland to remain under strict stay-at-home orders, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.

Intensive care cases in Australia's New South Wales will hit a peak in October as COVID-19 infections accumulate, said the premier of the country's most populous state, which reported record daily new infections on Monday.

Indonesia's devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the Southeast Asian country become the epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its health minister said Monday.

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria, the epicentre of the country's latest coronavirus hotspot, reported 11 new cases of community transmission on Monday, taking the current cluster to 51

The Indo-Pacific region has become the epicentre of strategic competition and like-minded nations need to act more consistently and cohesively to protect their shared interests in the face of multiple challenges, Australian PM Scott Morrison said.

Nandigram - the epicentre of the battle for Bengal - is voting today, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee toe-to-toe with her protege-turned-arch rival Suvendu Adhikari. Thirty constituencies in Bengal and 39 in Assam are voting.

Noting that India is surging ahead as an economic, cultural and technology power, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday said that the key driving force of the country's rise will be its entrepreneurs and it is going to be the epicentre of global growth and transformation.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday slammed the Uddhav Thackeray-led government over the deteriorating COVID-19 situation in the state, saying Maharashtra has become the epicentre of the infection.

Coronavirus figures rising in Maharashtra, the epicentre of the disease, the health authorities have issued a warning for Delhi and its surrounding areas. Already, the figures in Delhi are showing a distinct upward movement. This morning, Delhi logged 409 new cases of COVID-19 -- the highest single-day rise in two months. The last time Delhi recor...

Entry and exit at four metro stations, including at the Tikri border, one of the epicentres of the farmers' agitation, were shut by the DMRC authorities for nearly four hours on Thursday in view of the security situation due to a rail blockade called by the protesters.

Journalist Mandeep Punia, whose arrest last week at the Singhu border -- the epicentre of the farmers' protests outside Delhi -- sparked outrage, says he scribbled notes on his legs in Tihar Jail so he could file his reports. The freelance journalist was freed on bail by a Delhi court on Tuesday.

The Delhi Border Internet Ban:internet services ban in place since Saturday along the Delhi border areas of Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri - the epicentres of the ongoing farmers' protest - has been extended till tomorrow, officials said today.

A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 on Sunday visited a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago.