Virus Scare

Singapore: A new COVID-19 testing kit from Advanced MedTech Holdings has been approved and will be used at Changi International Airport. The test requires saliva to be collected from deep...

New Delhi: Veteran actress Neetu Kapoor tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday. Neetu’s daughter Riddhima Kapoor shared the news with fans on her Instagram handle. "Thank you for all your good...

Bhubaneswar: The number of recovered patients from COVID-19 in Odisha continued the downslide with none of the districts reporting more than 40 recoveries. According to Health and Family Welfare department,...

London: British pharma giant AstraZeneca is contemplating combining its COVID-19 vaccine with Russian Sputnik V vaccine in a bid to increase efficacy. AstraZeneca said on Friday it will be assessing...

Singapore: Australia on Friday stopped a vaccine trial in phase 1 after several participants developed antibodies for HIV, though it's not a serious side effect. The vaccine, developed by University...

Bhubaneswar: The city reported 32 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), 23 of these new cases are local contacts and nine...

New Delhi: The Central government is reportedly panning to rope in booth-level officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) for mass distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Officials from the Prime...

Bhubaneswar: Police have collected total penalty of about Rs 20 lakh during the drive against violators of COVID-19 guidelines in a day. Sources said the police further tightened the measures...

Bhubaneswar: Four more persons died of coronavirus in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 1,798 on Friday. Among the four deaths, one is from Bhubaneswar (Khurda),...

Washington: An expert committee convened by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted heavily in favour of recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use approval. The final...