Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: With festive season and winter round the corner, people of Odisha need to be extra cautious against any probable spread of COVID-19 infection in the days ahead, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) director Ajay Parida said Friday. Also read: Man succumbs to injuries over...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 243 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Friday. While 68 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 175 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 357 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Beijing: One of China’s leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, called ‘BBIBP-CorV’, was shown to be safe. The COVID-19 vaccine elicited immune response in a small early-phase human trial, researchers said Friday. A previous clinical trial reported similar results for a different vaccine that is also based...

Kolkata: The health condition of legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee has improved a lot. Soumitra Chatterjee has also started speaking a little bit. This information was shared Friday by doctors treating him at the city-based private hospital. The 85-year-old thespian’s oxygen saturation has also improved while...

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 73,70,468 with 63,371 new infections being reported in a day. On the other hand, the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed the 64-lakh mark according to the Health Ministry data updated Friday. As per the Health Ministry data the recovery...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 2,138 new cases of coronavirus infection in the state in last 24 hours, state I&PR Department said in a tweet Friday. Out of the new positive cases, 1,251 persons were in quarantine while the remaining contracted the disease after coming in contact...

London: Managing COVID-19 by allowing herd immunity to develop in low-risk populations while protecting the most vulnerable is ‘a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence,’ warn an international group of 80 researchers in an open letter. The letter, published in The Lancet journal, referred...

New Delhi: World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan Thursday said that young and healthy people may have to wait till 2022 to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Swaminathan also stressed that health workers and those at highest risks should be prioritised. She indicated that, despite...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 2,772 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,772 persons, 457 are from Khordha, 202 from Cuttack, 185 from Puri, 182 from Angul, 150 from Kendrapara, 142 from Nuapada,...

Mumbai: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) chairman Subhash Khuntia urged health insurance providers Thursday to develop disease-specific products and also focus on providing preventive care to policyholders. He emphasised that health insurers should come out with innovative products based on the need...