Coronavirus

London: One of the frontrunners in the race for a vaccine against COVID-19 has been found to produce a strong immune response in all adult groups. This information was shared Tuesday by Oxford University It was in reference to the ongoing clinical trials of Oxford...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called upon the global community Tuesday to ensure timely and equitable availability of vaccines and medicines for COVID-19 in sufficient quantities and at affordable prices.  Piyush Goyal was speaking at a virtual informal meeting of World Trade...

Indianapolis (US): Pharma firm Eli Lilly continues to back a potential COVID-19 treatment despite research showing that it may not work on hospitalised patients. The drugmaker said Tuesday it remains confident that its drug may stop COVID-19 from developing in other patients. Researchers are still...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Tuesday said that 2,010 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,010 persons, 269 are from Khordha, 164 from Cuttack, 103 from Mayurbhanj, 102 from Sundargarh, 99 from Sonepur, 89 from Keonjhar,...

Cuttack: As many as 61 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Tuesday. While four of them were home quarantine cases, 11 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 46 were local contact ones....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 88 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Tuesday. While 17 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 71 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 230 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 1,247 new cases of coronavirus infection in the state in last 24 hours, state I&PR Department said in a tweet Tuesday. Out of the new positive cases, 729 persons were in quarantine while 518 persons contracted the disease after coming in contact...

New Delhi: With a spike of 36,470 in new Covid-19 cases and 488 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally stood at 79,46,429, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Tuesday. This is the lowest spike in new cases in the last three months....

Melbourne: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly strongly feels that Indian cricketers should be accompanied by their families for the upcoming tour of Australia. Otherwise the mental health of the Indian cricketers will suffer. Without families, they will have to be alone in an IPL bio-bubble for...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 2,003 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Odisha in the last 24 hours, the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department, Government of Odisha said in a tweet Monday. This is the seventh successive day when the number of recovered patients has far...