Coronavirus

New Delhi: As India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Saturday said that one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers would be given free vaccine in the first phase of the inoculation drive. "In the...

Bhubaneswar: A dry run for COVID-19 vaccination began at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, Saturday. Health Department Additional Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra inaugurated the vaccination drive. On this occasion, Mohapatra said that the vaccine is expected at any time in the state. “For this, the state has...

Beijing: A chemotherapy medication originally developed to treat lymphoma has outperformed the popular remdesivir drug against SARS-CoV-2 in lab settings, and could potentially be repurposed to treat Covid-19, say researchers. A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate drug is...

New Delhi: As India gears up to launch world's largest immunisation drive, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Saturday requested people to not pay heed to the rumours against the much-awaited vaccine. "I want to appeal to people to not believe in any rumors. Our prime...

New Delhi: The number of fresh COVID-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India Saturday, taking the country's caseload to 1,03,05,788, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 99 lakh, according to the health ministry. A total of 19,079 people...

Hyderabad: Just when the Covid-19 cases in Telangana appeared to be on a downward trend, as many as 22 members of a family in Suryapet town have tested positive. Health officials said on Saturday that the family members were found infected after they attended the...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 83.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...

With the UK giving the green light to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca, India is also expected to follow suit soon as a meeting of the decision-making body began on Friday, giving new hope of beginning the end of the...

New Delhi: India is one step away from its first coronavirus vaccine, with the nod of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) awaited on the Subject Expert Committee's recommendation for emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine. According to official sources, the panel's recommendation, which...

Bhubaneswar: Sportspersons from all across the world took to social media to wish their fans a ‘Happy New Year’. Among those who wished were Cristiano Ronaldo, Sachin Tendulkar, PV Sindhu, Harry Kane , Chris Gayle and many more. Cristiano Ronaldo posted on social media a...