Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Healthcare workers who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin will not get the vaccine free of cost here from the government in the future. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 108 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals in Odisha on Tuesday. Of the recovered patients, 21 are from Sundargarh district, 12 from Khurda,...

Do the reports of a decline in the number of coronavirus cases in India suggest it is time to celebrate? "No," says Dr Amit Dutt, a scientist at the Advanced...

New Delhi: Another case of bird flu was confirmed at the National Zoological Park, also known as Delhi Zoo, here on Tuesday. Officials said a total of seven samples were...

Bhubaneswar: Three new Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the city in the last 24 hours, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed on Tuesday. Of the new cases, one is from...

Geneva: The World Health Organization and its Covax partners have cautioned against dismissing AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after several setbacks, insisting it remained an important, life-saving tool. The AstraZeneca vaccine is...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 105 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the I&PR Department informed on Tuesday. Of the new cases detected in 22 districts, 63 are from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is ranked fourth among the states in India where COVID-19 vaccinations took place on Monday, February 8. Odisha vaccinated 19,621 individuals on Monday with the top three being...

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he is confident that the vaccines being used in the UK are very effective in stopping serious disease and death, and...

The COVID-19 vaccination process has already been rolled out in several countries, from December-January. Even as medical experts and vaccine authorities have been speaking about safety and efficacy of the...