The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Wednesday's national accounts are expected to show the economy grew by 0.5 per cent for the March quarter when COVID-19 disruptions and floods slowed momentum.

Anthony Albanese concedes the Labor party has lessons to learn from its humiliating defeat in the once-safe south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, while Kristina Keneally blames her loss on the impact of COVID lockdowns.

PUNE: The Lonikand police on Friday booked a 27-year-old murder convict on the charge of not returning to the jail to serve his remaining sentence almost a year (360 days) after he was released on emergency parole because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday morning after exhibiting mild symptoms, according to a statement from his press office.

CHENNAI: Fresh Covid-19 cases tally in Tamil Nadu increased marginally to 56 on Saturday compared to 55 on Friday. Active cases also rose to 412 compared to 401 on Friday and 387 on Thursday. The state discharged 45 patients by the end of the day and continued to report zero…

The office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday

MUMBAI: The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown affected smokers in a diverse manner. While nearly a third of smokers interviewed for a national survey said they either cut down smoking or thought of quitting, fearing Covid-19 would severely affect them, another one-third increased smoking due to "loneliness" and "boredom" brought…

Labour accuses ‘tinpot despot’ prime minister of ‘watering down standards and integrity’

KOLKATA: A family from Kolkata that had travelled to Maldives earlier this month via Mumbai has alleged misbehaviour and harassment by airline ground staff prior to their departure for Malé. The family lodged a complaint with Sahar police station in Mumbai on Friday.