Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Following the vaccination of healthcare professionals and frontline workers, people above 50 years old in Odisha will get the COVID-19 jab. The Odisha government is going to start the vaccination drive for people above 50 years old from March 1. “The Odisha government has...

New Delhi: About 18-19 vaccine candidates against COVID-19 are in the pipeline and in different clinical trial stages, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Monday. Harsh Vardhan was addressing the media here. He also said that in the next 2-3 weeks, vaccinations against COVID-19 will be...

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 108.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.39 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

Sambalpur: Doctors of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla will conduct a study on the impact of COVID-19 vaccines and how it helps the creation of antibodies after people were inoculated, officials said. The study will be conducted in conjunction...

New Delhi: India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,92,746 with 12,143 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 1.06 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll increased to 1,55,550 with 103 daily new fatalities, data updated at...

Islamabad: China's CanSino Covid-19 vaccine has become the second Chinese vaccine to be approved by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan on Friday, Special Assistant to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Health Faisal Sultan said. Earlier in January, Pakistan approved China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for...

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria Friday said that antibodies against the novel Coronavirus disease may last for up to eight months or longer pursuant to the vaccination, adding that scientists are aggressively studying the long-term protection provided by...

Washington: An Indian-American engineer in the US has been involved in fraud. He has pleaded guilty to the charge of seeking more than USD 10 million in loans under a coronavirus relief programme. The Indian-American said he used the money set up to help small...

New Delhi: The daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 for the third time this month taking India’s tally of cases to 1,08,80,603. Fresh fatalities were recorded below 100 for the seventh time in February, according to the Health Ministry data updated Friday. A total of 9,309 infections have been reported in...

Washington: Scientists are scanning virus samples taken from infected people to look for mutations, through a process called genome sequencing. It's the same method researchers have been using for years to study bacteria, plants, animals and humans. Around the world, researchers have sequenced more than...