Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: There are cases of re-infection of COVID-19 in Odisha, informed the director of Institute of Life Science (ILS) Ajay Parida Friday. Parida said that the re-infection cases in Odisha are next to nothing but analysis is underway to find out why a positive patient...

New Delhi: The active caseload of coronavirus infection in India dropped below six lakh for the first time in nearly three months. The caseload comprises only 7.35 per cent of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry said Friday. The Health Ministry also asserted India has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday 1,547 new cases of coronavirus infections the I&PR Department, Government of Odisha said in a tweet. Among the newly-infected persons, 891 were in quarantine while the remaining 656 had come into contact with people who had tested positive for coronavirus. However,...

New Delhi: India saw 48,648 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day taking the COVID-19 caseload to 80,88,851. However, the active caseload fell below 6,00,000 for the first time according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Friday.   The national recovery rate crossed 91 per cent,...

Washington: American biotechnology company Moderna announced that it was preparing for the global launch of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. "We are actively preparing for the launch of mRNA-1273 and we have signed a number of supply agreements with governments around the world," Xinhua news agency...

Bangalore: Karnataka police arrested Thursday a District Crime Bureau’s head constable. The head constable was allegedly running an IPL betting racket in Chikkaballpura district. The constable was nabbed when he was running the racket during the game between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 1,908 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,908 persons, 222 are from Khordha, 170 from Sundargarh, 126 from Angul, 102 from Kendrapara, 100 from Cuttack, 96 from Bolangir,...

Cuttack: As many as 57 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Thursday. While 12 of them were home quarantine cases, 19 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 26 were local contact ones....

Hyderabad: Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd Thursday announced its partnership with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), for advisory support on clinical trials of Sputnik V vaccine in India. According to a press release from the city-based rug make, the partnership will...

Saarbrucken (Germany): Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and Shubhankar Dey were Thursday forced out of the SaarLorLux Open. The Indian shuttlers were put in isolation as they had come into contact with COVID-19 positive father-cum-coach of defending champion Lakshya Sen. It should be stated here that...