Coronavirus

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar and his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid Monday agreed on the mutual recognition of the Covid-19 vaccination certificates. Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to the West Asian country has been holding meetings with government officials, business...

Imphal: People in Manipur's Imphal West district will get a chance to win a television set, mobile phone or blankets if they take COVID-19 vaccine in the mega vaccination camp which will be held, officials said. To increase the vaccination coverage the Imphal West district...

London: Statin treatment -- generally used to lower the cholesterol level -- slightly lowered Covid-19 mortality, finds a study. Statins are a recommended and common intervention for preventing cardiovascular events by reducing levels of lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood. To understand the link, researchers at...

Mumbai: Notching an achievement, Mumbai Sunday reported zero Covid-19 deaths, for the first time since March 26, 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the city in a big way. Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray, who is one of the Guardian Ministers of Mumbai, hailed the development...

New York: Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the Covid-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and government authority. Now they are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin. At least two...

New Delhi: India will cross the landmark of 100-crore Covid-19 vaccine doses next week, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Saturday as a Covid-anthem penned by singer Kailash Kher was released to dispel myths and shed vaccine hesitancy. Till this evening, as many as "97.23 crore...

Washington: World Bank President David Malpass Saturday congratulated India on a successful vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 pandemic as he met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and thanked her for India's international role in vaccine production and distribution. In a meeting with Sitharaman here, Malpass reaffirmed...

New York: Infants, children and adolescents are equally capable of carrying high levels of live and replicating SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, in their respiratory secretions, researchers have confirmed in a new study, emphasising that kids are an essential component of beating the pandemic. According...

Bhubaneswar: Taking the tally in the state to 10,34,276, Odisha Friday registered 467 new Covid-19 cases including 66 cases between the age group of 0-18 years in the last 24 hours. The active caseload in the state now stands at 5,299 while it was 5,314...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 521 new Covid-19 cases including 65 ones between the age group of 0-18 years in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 10,33,809. While the number of positive cases reported October 13 was 615, it was 529 October...