Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: At least four individuals who arrived in Odisha from 'at-risk' countries -- where the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is infecting people, have tested Covid-19 positive, an official said Wednesday, adding their samples have been sent for genome sequencing. "As many as 982 people...

Houston: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been found in wastewater in Houston, the largest city in the south central US state of Texas, confirming the local spread of the new strain, city officials said Tuesday. The city has detected the Omicron variant in eight...

Patna: After Arwal where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, and actress Priyanka Chopra were listed as Covid vaccine beneficiaries, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren, former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, and state Health Minister Mangal Pandey...

Sambalpur/Jajpur/Angul: As many as 31 students have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state, Tuesday Among them, 12 girl students of VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla in Sambalpur district, nine students of a government high school in Jajpur district and another...

Johannesburg: Pacer Sisanda Magala and wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Rickelton are the new faces in South Africa’s 21-member squad for the three Test series against India. The South Africa squad was announced Tuesday. The first of the three-Test series against India begins December 26 at Centurion.         Pacer...

London: Following up first doses of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines with second doses of the Moderna or Novavax jabs generates robust immune response against Covid -19. This is according to a study on use of vaccines published in ‘The Lancet’ journal.   A team led...

London: There is some hope for the world as the Omicron variant of coronavirus threatens to engulf it. British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said Tuesday its antibody-based Covid-19 therapy with US partner Vir Biotechnology (VIR) is effective against all mutations of the new Omicron coronavirus variant....

New Delhi: India logged 6,822 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 558 days, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,46,48,383, while the active cases declined to 95,014, the lowest in 554 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 266.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.26 million and vaccinations to over 8.21 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering...

Patna: In a bizarre incident, PM Narendra Modi, HM Amit Shah, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, and global icon Priyanka Chopra are supposedly vaccinated for Covid at Bihar's Arwal district, thanks to a shocking case of data fraud. The list also includes actor Akshay Kumar. Two Computer...