Virus Scare

New Delhi: The supply of Remdesivir — a key drug in treating COVID-19 — is much more than the demand in the country at present, Minister of State for Chemicals...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday placed the order for 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG), the oral antiviral drug for COVID-19 patients developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Informing the media...

Bhubaneswar: Vaccination sessions will not be held in Balasore, Jagatsinghpur and Sonepur districts in Odisha on Saturday. However, the drive will continue in 603 session sites at other places of...

New Delhi: The Mumbai city administration and the Gujarat government have planned priority vaccination of students in the 18+ age group. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Friday that...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has sought the advice of health experts of the country on a strategy to tackle the future waves of the pandemic and on how to strengthen...

Sambalpur: After 46 children tested positive for COVID-19 in three days, the authorities at the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, are contemplating turning COVID-19...

Bhubaneswar: A four-year-old boy of Koraput succumbed to COVID-19 as Odisha saw 35 new deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, the highest of four deaths...

Bhubaneswar: The test positivity rate in Odisha dropped to 14.77 per cent from 16.48 per cent the previous day with over 7000 new COVID-19 cases being reported for the second...

Baripada: Odisha lost another journalist to COVID-19 on Saturday. Reporter of a private news channel Asit Behera succumbed to the deadly virus while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in...

London: The United Kingdom (UK) claims that vaccines have already saved over 13,000 lives. On Friday, the country approved its fourth COVID-19 vaccine -- Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson...