Coronavirus

New Delhi: A total of 157 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country, with Kerala reporting the highest number of 78, followed by Gujarat at 34, according to the INSACOG's data updated Thursday. Several states have been reporting an uptick in...

Bhubaneswar: The total number of Covid-19 cases in Odisha has risen to eight after three fresh infections were detected, public health director Niranjan Mishra said Thursday. All the eight patients are currently in home isolation, he added. Mishra reassured the public that there is no...

Bolangir: With Rourkela, yet to fully control the cholera outbreak, it seems that diarrhoea is spreading its tentacles in this district. Two people died Monday of suspected diarrhoea at Kantabanji town in this district, creating new headaches for the administration. Sources informed that six patients...

New Delhi: Sixty-three cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were reported in the country till Sunday, including 34 detected in Goa, official sources said Monday. Nine cases have been detected from Maharashtra, eight from Karnataka, six from Kerala, four from Tamil Nadu and two from Telangana,...

New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 628 new COVID-19 cases while the active caseload jumped to 4,054, according to Union Health Ministry data. The total fatalities were recorded at 5,33,334 (5.33 lakh) with one new death reported from Kerala in the previous 24...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries in South-East Asia to strengthen surveillance in view of the increasing cases of respiratory diseases, including due to Covid-19 and its new sub-variant JN.1, and influenza. The WHO also urged people to take protective measures....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha logged one Covid-19 case in the past 24 hours, a health department official said Sunday. "So far two Covid-19 cases have been reported in the state. Both the patients are under home isolation and their health parameters are normal," director of public health...

Bhubaneswar: With detection of a fresh Covid-19 case in the state and the spread of JN.1 variant in some parts of southern India, the Odisha government Saturday advised elderly persons and those with comorbidities to wear masks. Taking to its official ‘X' handle, Odisha Health...

New Delhi: JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron variant of Covid, is rapidly driving a large share of the current winter wave of Covid-19 infections across the globe. First detected in Luxembourg in August, it is currently present in about 41 countries, including in India....

New Delhi: There is nothing to panic over the rising number cases of Covid-19 in India, likely driven by JN.1 sub-variant of Omiron, as the infections remain mild, said health experts Wednesday. India Wednesday recorded 2,311 cases with Kerala reporting highest active cases (2,041). Although...