Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday registered 263 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,29,001. Out of the 263 new cases, 151 were reported from quarantine centres while 112 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1343799992088064000 The total number of active cases in the...

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) has already produced around 50 million dosages of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’. Serum Institute plans to scale it up to 100 million by March 2021, an official said Monday. The official also said the company is awaiting...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 324 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease Monday and have been discharged from their respective treatment facilities. This information was shared by the Health and Family Welfare (H & FW) Department, Government of Odisha in a series of tweets. The...

Mumbai: It has been one year that the Hindi film industry would like to forget. Why only the Hindi film industry? The same can be said about all the other film industries across India. As productions halted, theatres shut their doors and audiences settled down...

London: Scientists have found evidence of protective immunity against COVID-19 in people up to four months after mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection. This new development is has provided hopes for the long-lasting efficacy of vaccines. The researchers, including some from the ‘Queen Mary University of...

New Delhi: Pune-based Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world by doses, Monday announced the launch of India's first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine -- Pneumosil -- in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. Pneumosil has been developed through collaboration...

London: The UK’s National Health Service is lining up thousands of medics and volunteers Monday. They are getting ready to deliver jabs up and down the country as the Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19 is on the brink of getting regulatory approval. The Oxford University...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,02,07,871 with 20,021 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 97.82 lakh, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. The death toll increased to 1,47,901 with 279 new fatalities, the data updated at 8...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a massive USD 2.3 trillion spending bill that includes a USD 900 billion coronavirus relief package, averting a government shutdown and extending coronavirus aid to millions suffering from the economic impact of the pandemic. Trump initially...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 80.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.76 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...