Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha went up to 3,30,690 on Tuesday with 198 new cases reported overnight. Of the new cases reported from 23 districts, 115 are in quarantine...

London: Nearly 56 million people in England will face another full lockdown, probably till mid-February. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that this is being done to cut spiking...

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech-developed vaccine candidate COVAXIN will be affective on mutant strains of the novel coronavirus, the company expressed confidence at a press conference on Monday. According to Bharat...

New Delhi:  Bharat Biotech MD Dr Krishna Ella on Monday refused to take criticism on Covaxin and said the company had carried out '200 per cent honest clinical trials', had...

New York: Moderna Inc on Monday said it will produce at least 600 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier, it had decided to make 100 million doses. The company...

Mumbai: Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla has revealed the Covishield vaccine prices. The vaccine will be supplied to the government at Rs 250 per dose and will be...

New Delhi: As India prepares for mass vaccination, ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava opined that masks will probably never go. “We don't know for how long the vaccine will...

New Delhi: As the Indian government prepares to roll out the largest vaccination programme in the world, the question in common people’s mind is what they need to do to...

New Delhi: A total of 38 people have tested positive for the new UK COVID-19 strain in India so far, according to an update from the Union Health Ministry on...

Kendrapada: In wake of bird flu scare in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the Odisha government has alerted Forest Department officials against a possible outbreak in Bhitarkanika National Park,...