Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Health Minister Naba Das on Monday said the COVID-19 vaccine is likely to reach Odisha by January 30. Das said as per protocol COVID warriors, including frontline health workers ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s capital city reported 11 COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Three of the new cases are from quarantine centres and 8 through local contacts. The local...

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children above the age of 12 years while Oxford-AstraZeneca's vaccine Covishield, manufactured by Pune-based Serum...

New Delhi: The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) has urged the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to reconsider the recommendations of the SEC in granting the REU approval...

Chennai: After ITC Chola, 20 staff members at Chennai’s Leela Palace, have tested positive for COVID-19. Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials said they have instructed the luxury hotels to postpone...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) formally approved the emergency use of two vaccines in the country, the Odisha government on Monday said that it...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha went up to 1,882 on Monday with two more patients succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. According to the Health...

Bhubaneswar: The tally of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha surged to 3,30,492 on Monday with an overnight addition of 183 cases. Of the new cases reported from 26 districts, 106...

Pune: India will not allow the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine’s export for several months, according to Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla. SII has been contracted to manufacture...

New Delhi: Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh, along with Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party, have raised objections to coronavirus vaccine Covaxin being approved without efficacy data. "Covaxin has...