Coronavirus

Paradip: As many as 14 crew members of a cargo sheep docked at Paradip port tested positive for COVID-19. According to a source, all the infected crew members were shifted to a Bhubaneswar based COVID-19 hospital Sunday and they are presently undergoing treatment there. The...

New Delhi: India saw 68,020 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to above 1.20 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. Registering a steady increase for the 19th day...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar have tested positive for COVID-19, Khurda district collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty informed Sunday. As a part of an exercise, swab samples of 45 IIT students were collected and sent for RT-PCR test....

Sambalpur: Even as COVID-19 infections are increasing in various parts of Odisha and the neighbouring states, more patients are gradually coming to VIMSAR, the only COVID-19 hospital in Sambalpur. The VIMSAR authorities have expressed concern over treatment of patients whose number may likely go up,...

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla Saturday said clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax have begun in India and the company hopes to launch it by September this year. In August 2020, American vaccine company Novavax, Inc had announced a licence agreement...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,39,904 Saturday as 210 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,920, a health official said. After the Odisha government termed the prevailing situation as "critical" following the...

New Delhi: Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has been shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Saturday for further treatment. His condition is stated to be ‘stable’. "He is being referred to AIIMS, Delhi for further investigation," Indian Army's Research and Referral Hospital...

Mumbai: Veteran actor Paresh Rawal Friday said that he has tested positive for coronavirus. The 65-year-old actor, who had recently received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, shared the news in a post on Twitter, requesting those who came in contact with him to...

New Delhi: India saw 62,258 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,19,08,910, according to Union health ministry data updated Saturday. Registering a steady increase for the 17th day in row,...

New Delhi: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in home isolation, according to sources close to the family. Tendulkar is one of the biggest names to have tested positive for the virus in recent times. "Sachin has got himself...