Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll went up to 1640 in Odisha on Sunday with 15 patients of 10 districts succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among 15 deaths,...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally went up to 313,961 in Odisha on Sunday with 638 new cases reported overnight. This was a substantial dip from the 778 new cases reported a day...

Mumbai: FMCG major Unilever on Saturday said it will introduce a mouthwash formulation, Pepsodent Germicheck Mouth Rinse Liquid, that kills 99.9 per cent of coronavirus after 30 seconds of rinsing....

Bhubaneswar: India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin reportedly faced an adverse incident during its Phase I trial back in August. The company claims that it reported the incident within 24 hours....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1011 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals across the state on Saturday. They include 138 from Angul, 114 from Khurda, 81 from Balangir,...

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 positive cases went up to 30,418 in Bhubaneswar after 46 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Ten of those cases are from quarantine and 36...

Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said it has suspended Gilead's Remdesivir from its so-called prequalification list (an official list of medicines used as a benchmark for procurement...

New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has tackled over 400 calls of children who suffered from coronavirus on its helpline since September. The toll-free helpline...

Mussoorie: Thirty-three officers training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) here have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 428 officers training under the 95th foundation course on...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha rose to 1,625 on Saturday with the death of 17 more patients in the last 24 hours. Among the new deaths reported from 9...