Coronavirus

Sydney: An Australian-developed Covid-19 vaccine has shown promising results in pre-clinical testing, raising hopes for its potential effectiveness and manufacturability. The University of Queensland (UQ) released detailed results of animal trials of its vaccine candidate on Tuesday to the International Society for Vaccines, Xinhua news...

New York: Using a computer simulation model, scientists in the US have assessed the effectiveness and coverage levels a potential COVID-19 vaccine needs to have in order to completely extinguish the disease spread, an advance that may help shape expectations for policy makers. The study,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday registered a record single-day spike of 3,371 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 87,602. 13 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 441. Out of the 3,371 new caes, 2,053 were reported from quarantine centres...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 23.8 million, while the deaths have increased to over 818,000 according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 23,820,104 and the fatalities rose to 818,137, the...

New Delhi: India's novel coronavirus tally rose to 32.34 lakh Wednesday with 67,151 more people testing positive for the infection, while the recoveries have surged to 24,67,758, the Health Ministry said. The death toll from the pathogen climbed to 59,449 with 1,059 more fatalities. There...

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi police arrested JNU PhD scholar Sharjeel Imam in connection with the February Northeast Delhi riots. He has been booked on the charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). On Sunday, he was brought back to Delhi from Assam...

New Delhi: The Russian government has reached out to India seeking collaboration for manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’. Russia also wants to conduct its phase 3 clinical trial of ‘Sputnik V’ in India, sources said Tuesday. The matter was discussed by the national expert...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Tuesday said that 2,546 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,546 persons, 627 are from Khordha, 266 from Ganjam, 143 from Nayagarh, 141 from Puri, 112 from Rayagada, 104 from Koraput,...

Mumbai: Ashraf Chaudhary once fixed his damaged bats. Now cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has taken it upon himself to help the ailing bat repairer. Ashraf Chaudhary has been hospitalised for considerable amount of time. The bat-maker is known as ‘Ashraf Chacha’ in cricketing circles. He...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 332 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Tuesday. While 173 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 159 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 163 persons who earlier tested positive...