COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: The test positivity rate (TPR) in Odisha dropped below 5 per cent on Monday with 3,031 of 61,000 samples testing positive for COVID. The state, which had been witnessing a…

Bhubaneswar: With the detection of the highly contagious Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in four lions at Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai, the authorities at Nandankanan zoo on the city…

Even as the second wave of Covid-19 ebbs in India, our spirits are being battered almost every day with news of deaths - there seems to be no saying as to who emerges victorious and who…

New Delhi: The single-day COVID-19 count fell to an 81-day low with 58,570 testing positive for the infection on Saturday. This is the lowest tally since March 30. The coronavirus…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 3,577 new COVID-19 cases in a single day on Saturday. Out of 3,577 positive cases, 2,039 are from quarantine while 1,538 are local contacts. Khurda district…

New Delhi: India is certain to face the “inevitable” third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the next six to eight weeks, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said in view of unlocking in various…

New Delhi: For the first time in 73 days, India’s active COVID-19 caseload dipped below the 8 lakh-mark to stand at 7,98,656 on Friday, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.…

New Delhi: A third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which many experts feel is inevitable in India, is unlikely to affect children more than the adult population. A survey, conducted by…

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) is expected to begin clinical trials of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covovax’ for children this July, according to media reports. SII is also…

Indore: In possibly the first such case reported in the country, a COVID-19 survivor in this Madhya Pradesh city has been infected with ‘green fungus’. According to reports, this is the…