COVID-19

New Delhi: Concerns over rising Omicron cases have resulted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE and Kuwait being postponed. Modi was scheduled to travel on January 6,...

Baripada: COVID-19 cases are surging on the back of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, but vaccine hesitancy refuses to go. A vaccination team was detained for several hours on Monday...

London: How quickly Omicron is spreading can be gauged from the fact that fresh COVID-19 cases crossed the 1-million mark for the second straight day. On Monday, a staggering 1.44...

Bhubaneswar After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s December 25 announcement to jab those in the 15 to 18 age group, Odisha is gearing up to vaccinate its 25.53 lakh eligible children....

Bhubaneswar: Children in the 15-18 age group who were born on or before January 1, 2007 are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID from January 3, Odisha’s Family Welfare Director...

New Delhi: India’s Omicron tally has touched 653 cases, according to the latest Union Health Ministry data. Maharashtra has recorded 167 Omicron cases, the maximum, while Delhi has reported 165...

Kolkata: BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly was admitted to a hospital here on Monday night after testing positive for COVID-19, board sources told the PTI. Ganguly has...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed officials and authorities to make preparations on a war-footing in the state to deal with a possible third COVID wave in the coming...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Indians now register on the CoWIN app with their Aadhaar cards to get their COVID-19 vaccines does. From January 3, children aged 15 to 18 years will also...

Imphal: The fast-spreading Omicron is not sparing any part of India. Hours after the first case of the new variant was confirmed in Goa, officials said Omicron has been found...