Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: With states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab registering fresh COVID-19 cases, the Odisha government has issued guidelines for schools across the state. School & Mass Education Additional Secretary Pratap Kumar Mishra, in a letter to all the District Education Officers, has...

New Delhi: India's total tally of COVID-19 cases surpassed 1.10 crore with 14,199 new infections being reported in a day, while active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday The total coronavirus cases have...

Washington: The US stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the...

New Delhi: India has been witnessing a rise in the COVID-19 active cases over the past few days which is pegged at 1,45,634 comprising 1.32 per cent of the country's total infections, the Union Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, 22 states and UTs...

New Delhi: In view of resurgence of Covid infections in as many as six Indian states, the Union Health Ministry Sunday has advised all the states and union territories to improve RT-PCR testing while putting refocus on surveillance and containment measures as well. The states...

London: Researchers have estimated that a total of 20.5 million years of life have been lost due to COVID-19 worldwide with an average of 16 years per individual death. The years of life lost rate is the difference between an individual's age at death and...

New Delhi: Daily COVID-19 cases in India registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day with the country recording 14,264 new cases, taking the total tally of  cases to 1,09,91,651, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll increased to 1,56,302 with 90 daily new fatalities, the data updated at...

New Delhi: A three-month interval between doses of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine results in higher vaccine efficacy than a six-week gap, according to a new study which says the first dose can offer up to 76 per cent protection in the months between the two...

New York: US President Joe Biden has announced a pledge of $2 billion for COVAX, the World Health Organization-backed initiative aimed at ensuring equitable access to vaccines around the world, urging others to step up as well. Biden, according to a press release issued by...

New Delhi: Daily cases of COVID-19 in the country climbed to about 14,000 after nearly 22 days, taking India's tally to 1,09,77,387, while the recoveries surged to 1,06,78,048, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. A total of 13,993 new cases were registered in...