Virus Scare

Nuapada: The tribal-dominated Nuapada district, having 5.65 lakh population and sharing borders with Chhatisgarh, is witnessing a steady spike in COVID-19 cases since the last week of March. Five patients...

Mumbai: The death toll in the oxygen tank leak at Dr Zakir Hussain NMC Hospital in Nashik, Maharashtra Wednesday has gone up to 22, said Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope....

New Delhi: The Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has tested positive for COVID-19. Request all those who have come in contact with me recently to get themselves tested....

New Delhi: Covishield will be sold at Rs 400 a shot to states and Rs 600 to private hospitals, the Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Wednesday. However, the...

Berhampur: With Ganjam witnessing a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, the district administration has initiated steps to open Dedicated Covid Hospital (DCH) in Tata Medica Hospital at Sitalapalli, here to...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID positive cases in Odisha are expected to peak by the first week of May. Alerting about the surge, Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) CBK Mohanty...

Bhubaneswar: With this year's biggest spike of 4851 new COVID-19 cases, 11 districts in Odisha slipped into the red zone with over 1000 active cases on Wednesday. According to the...

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech's Covaxin neutralises multiple variants of coronavirus and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well, an Indian Council For Medical Research (ICMR) study said on Wednesday....

Bhubaneswar: The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Wednesday announced the prices of its COVID-19 vaccine for state governments as well as private hospitals. Welcoming the recent announcement of the...

New Delhi: The overwhelming demand for RT-PCR or antigen tests has forced several private testing labs to halt collecting swab samples for at least two days, News18 reported. Delhi conducted...