Coronavirus

New York: Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga has tested positive for the coronavirus hours after attending the UN General Assembly, and will now quarantine in New York City for the next 14 days. The health minister is part of the Brazilian delegation accompanying President Jair...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation Wednesday appreciated India's decision to export the vaccines under Vaccine Maitri to COVAX. The Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that it is an important development in support of reaching the 40 per cent vaccination target in all countries...

Geneva: The Delta Covid variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health Organisation has said. "The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per cent of the sequences submitted to...

London: The UK government Wednesday issued an updated international travel advisory to include AstraZeneca Covishield among the eligible COVID-19 vaccine formulations but kept India out of the 17 countries on an approved vaccinations list, requiring Indians to follow rules set out for non-vaccinated travellers. Under...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported the death of another four Covid-19 patients taking up the state toll to 8,150. The state also registered 734 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, of which, 101 are below 18 years of age. While 424 are detected from...

London: A phase one trial of a multivariant Covid-19 vaccine booster drug has got underway among participants aged over 60 in the UK. The trial, involving GRT-R910, has been launched by US pharmaceutical company Gritstone in collaboration with the University of Manchester and Manchester University...

New Delhi: Students appearing for Class X and XII board exams next year will not have to pay any registration or examination fees if they have lost their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This information was given by the Central Board of Secondary Education...

Rome: Italy has started administering the third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, after the booster shots received the official green light from the country's Medicines Agency (AIFA). As the Health Ministry announced earlier this month, third doses of either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines will be...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 462 new Covid-19 cases including 70 ones between the age group of 0-18 years in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 10,21,216. While the number of positive cases reported September 20 was 510, it was 623 September...

Allahabad: Mahant Narendra Giri, the president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad, was found dead Monday at Baghambari Muth here, police said. The Parishad is the largest organisation of sadhus in India. According to Inspector General of Police KP Singh, the body of Mahant Narendra Giri...