Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The first day of the vaccination drive for pregnant women in the Odisha capital saw 92 eligible beneficiaries receiving the first dose of the Covaxin as protection against COVID-19,...

  New Delhi: In what could be the first, a woman doctor in Assam has been infected with two different variants Alpha and Delta of SARS-CoV-2 at the same time,...

  New Delhi: With the focus having shifted on COVID-19, 23 million children globally missed out on routine immunisation last year, according to a Lancet study. India experienced a large...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha went up to 5,241 on Wednesday with 69 more patients succumbing to the infection. However, the Health and Family Welfare Department has said hat...

New Delhi: The government informed the Upper House of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha, that no deaths were reported specifically due to lack of oxygen by states and UTs during the...

Bhubaneswar: It’s Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday. But traders of sacrificial animals in the Odisha capital are not a happy lot. The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow on Eid celebrations with...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha saw a marginal fall on Wednesday as 1,927 more people tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours. A total of...

Bhubaneswar: Expectant mothers in the Odisha capital will be administered vaccines from Wednesday. According to the Health department sources, Covaxin will be available for vaccination of pregnant women in Capital...

Bhubaneswar: The Capital City witnessed a major jump in COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours when 357 persons tested positive for the virus compared to 181 new cases the...

New Delhi: Dr. Balram Bhargava, chief of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given a nod to the reopening of primary schools (Classes I to V) saying younger...