Virus Scare

In its second phase of clinical trials, the Russian vaccine against COVID-19, Sputnik V, will be tested in India on 100 volunteers, the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s Drug...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another 18 patients succumbing to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. With these new fatalities, the death toll has mounted to 1214. According to the Health and...

Bhubaneswar: After reporting less than 2000 new COVID-19 cases for four days, Odisha on Friday saw a further dip in the number with 1793 people testing positive for the virus...

New Delhi: The Bharat Biotech developed-vaccine in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) — Covaxin — has got the approval for the third phase of clinical trials....

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus again. The Portuguese striker, who plays club football in Italy for Juventus, picked up the virus last week, days after playing...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 2128 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals across the state on Thursday. Of the recovered patients, 210 are from Khurda district, 149 from...

Cuttack: The city witnessed a marginal rise in COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours as 67 new patients were detected. While 54 people had tested positive for the...

New Delhi: Will every Indian get the COVID-19 vaccine free once it's developed and cleared for use? According to a Bloomberg report, the Centre has allocated Rs 500 billion ($...

Chennai: There is still no certainty on when a COVID-19 vaccine will be available, but political parties in India have already started promising ‘free’ distribution. Hours after Bharatiya Janata Party...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said it has not received any official letter from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) regarding withdrawal of the Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT)...