Coronavirus

New Delhi: India's daily new COVID-19 fatality count was reported below 300 after over six months, taking the death toll to 1,47,343, while the infection tally rose to 1,01,69,118, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry Saturday. A total of 251 more deaths...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 79.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.74 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...

New Delhi: The impact of COVID-19 is not gender neutral. As the pandemic has spread across the globe it has heightened and amplified existing vulnerabilities and inequalities in social, political, economic and health systems. Policies and public health responses have not fully considered the gendered...

Detailed checklist has been prepared by the Union Health Ministry and shared with the four states to guide them in the dry run. The Central Government is gearing up for the roll out of the vaccine for Covid-19 across the country. A dry run has...

Bhubaneswar: With a mutated coronavirus strain identified in UK leading to panic across the globe, Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Friday said that as many as 61 people from 12 districts have so far returned to the state from that country. While Khurda district...

Berhampur: Ganjam district administration Friday claimed to have identified three persons who recently returned from UK amid mutant coronavirus scare. According to information shared by state Health and Family Welfare Department, one is a 44-year-old man of Dharmanagar area. He had returned Berhampur December 17...

Ganjam: With the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus in England, the Ganjam district administration has put a ban on government officials and employees leaving the district headquarters. Initially, when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, Ganjam district remained at the top of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday registered 325 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,27,867. Out of the 325 new cases, 187 were reported from quarantine centres while 138 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1342357293229228033 The total number of active cases in the...

New Delhi: Protesting farmer unions are likely to hold a meeting Friday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to interact with farmers during a money transfer event as the agitation at Delhi's borders against the new Agri laws is about to complete a month....

Taipei (Taiwan): With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work? There is no outward reason to believe they won't, but China...