Virus Scare

New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca give good immune responses in older people, even if there is a lack of data about its exact efficacy,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 71 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the I&PR Department informed on Wednesday. Of the new cases detected in 18 districts, 42 are from quarantine...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 138 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals in Odisha on Tuesday. The day's recoveries included 22 from Sundargarh district, 18 from Bargarh, 15...

New Delhi: The UK variant of deadly novel coronavirus has mutated again. Scientists have observed new genetic changes in the COVID-19 variant, already said to be more contagious and possibly...

London: Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has been found to be 91.6 per cent effective in Phase-III trial, according to The Lancet medical journal. The preliminary findings reveal that the...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID vaccination drive in Odisha, which was put on hold for three days due to Pulse Polio immunisation, will resume from Wednesday. Director, Health and Family Welfare, Bijay...

Kolkata: The corona pandemic claimed 1,54,486 persons as on Tuesday. Relatives of many, whom COVID took away in the early months after the virus struck, are still going through the...

Bhubaneswar: Here is some good news from the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department. Odisha has registered zero COVID-19 deaths in the last one week, shared the HFW department. In...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 60 news in the last 24 hours, taking the the state’s total caseload rose to 3,35,211. Of the total fresh cases detected from 17 districts, 36 have...

Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla gave a thumbs up to the ₹35,000 crore allocated for COVID-19 vaccination by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union...