Coronavirus

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that COVID-19 vaccine, when available, will be administered free of cost to the poor in the state. Chouhan said: "Since the time COVID-19 vaccine trials started in India, there has been one discussion among the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday 1,793 new case of COVID-19 infections. This is the fourth successive day when the state has recorded less than 2,000 COVID-19 positive cases.  Among the new coronavirus infections 1,031 persons were in quarantine while the remainder contracted the disease after coming...

New Delhi: About 61 per cent of people have claimed they are sceptical about the COVID-19 vaccine and will not rush to take it in 2021 even if it is available, a survey revealed Friday. Scientists from around the world, including India are developing several...

Nashville (US):  In the final debate leading up to the US elections November 3, President Donald Trump said Thursday that the COVID-19 vaccine is ‘ready’ and it is coming within a few weeks. His response came after Democratic candidate Joe Biden said that ‘anyone who...

Vaccines are being hailed as the solution to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trials currently underway are not designed to tell us if they will save lives, according to a drug development expert from the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ). Writing in The BMJ medical...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 2,128 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,128 persons, 210 are from Khordha, 149 from Angul, 140 from Cuttack, 114 from Sundargarh, 104 from Balasore, 100 from Mayurbhanj,...

Cuttack: As many as 67 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Thursday. While 13 of them were home quarantine cases, 25 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 29 were local contact ones....

Patna: The political temperature in Bihar is set to go up substantially as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi take a direct plunge in electioneering Friday. Both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a series of rallies for their respective...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 201 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 64 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 137 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 292 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Sao Paolo: Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) said Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine/ The COVID-19 vaccine is being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and is currently in the Phase-III stage of trials. AstraZeneca however said that...