Coronavirus

New Delhi: Indian vaccines offer lot of hope, due to various factors including a good safety signal, display of immunogenicity and capability of using the current storage infrastructure, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said in an exclusive interview with this agency. Dr Randeep Guleria also...

London: Very few know their names yet. At the moment, however, the entire hopes of the world in the fight against COVID-19 rest on them. They are the ‘dream team’ scientist couple who came up with a big idea that could protect humanity from the...

New Delhi: Russia's National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund Wednesday announced that the Sputnik V vaccine, the world's first registered vaccine against coronavirus created on the well-studied platform of human adenoviral vectors, demonstrated high efficacy. Currently Sputnik V...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 1220 new cases of coronavirus infections in the state in the last 24 hours. This information was given by the I&PR Department, Government of Odisha in a tweet Tuesday. Out of the new positive coronavirus cases, 703 persons were in quarantine while...

Washington: If Pfizer Inc submits the positive initial data from its COVID-19 vaccine trial to health regulators as quickly as expected, the U.S. government plans to begin vaccinating Americans in December, Health Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday. Pfizer Monday said the vaccine it has been...

New Delhi: Refuting the rumours surrounding the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine administration, the Union Health Ministry clarified Tuesday that the vaccine would be available to all without any location bias. The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan refuted the rumours that the vaccine administration would be...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Tuesday said that 1,448 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,911 persons, 161 are from Khordha, 107 from Cuttack, 99 from Bargarh, 98 from Sundargarh, 72 from Kalahandi, 70 from Jagatsinghpur,...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry revealed Tuesday that the Centre is in dialogue with all vaccine manufacturers including foreign manufacturers about a Coronavirus vaccine. The ministry revealed it in a press conference when asked whether India is considering tie-up with US-based pharma company Pfizer...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Tuesday. While 15 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 48 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 93 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

New Delhi: In a stern message to China and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that all member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should respect each others’ sovereignty and territorial integrity. The remarks by Narendra Modi at a virtual summit of the...