Coronavirus

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India, has clarified that the current claims surrounding Covishield's availability in the media are completely false and conjectural. "Presently, the government has granted us permission to only manufacture the vaccine and stockpile it for future use", SII said in a...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Sunday reported 317 new COVID-19 cases from different areas under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, while 206 cases were reported from quarantine centres, 111 have contracted the virus locally. Meanwhile, 170 patients in the city have recovered from the disease....

Dubai: For India and captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teams the word ‘rest’ doesn’t exists. Virat Kohli has reached here with other members of the RCB team Friday. Since then, he is keeping himself busy in isolation by doing strenuous workouts.  It should...

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that India would get a vaccine against the novel coronavirus by the end of 2020. However, it will only happen if everything goes according to schedule Harsh Vardhan added. Three COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two...

New Delhi: Testing over eight lakh samples for six days in a row, India’s total COVID-19 tests have touched 3.52 crore said the Health Ministry. In a separate development, the average daily positivity rate has also come down. From 9.67 per cent during August 3-9...

Bhadrak: Bhadrak district’s COVID-19 tally is inching towards the 3,000-mark as the district’s tally has gone up to 2099 following the detection of 92 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. What has been the cause of headache for the district administration is that none...

Los Angeles: Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study which says several critically endangered primates such as the Western lowland gorilla, Sumatran orangutan, and Northern white-cheeked gibbon may be susceptible...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on the humanity, and over the last few months, we’ve been witnessing its effects on multiple levels. While our attention has zeroed down upon the visible impacts of this unprecedented health disaster, somehow, we’ve failed...

New York: A team of health experts, including those of Indian-origin, has found that people who recovered from the COVID-19 disease are being commonly readmitted to the hospital within 14 days of being discharged majorly for respiratory complications. Researchers found the most common cause for...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 2,993 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in last 24 hours bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 78,530, official data suggested Sunday. According to Department of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) of the state government, out of...