Covid

Washington: US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House says. The 72-year-old, who is vaccinated and has received boosters, will stay at home in Rehoboth Beach,…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha today reported as many as 393 fresh COVID-19 cases while a total of 5421 samples were tested yesterday. Sundargarh district registered highest 125 new infections, followed by Sambalpur (71) and Cuttack (65). With…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 382 fresh active Covid-19 cases from 5,352 samples during the last 24 hours taking the cumulative caseload in the state to 3032 on Monday. According to data released by the state Health Department, Odisha now…

Bhubaneswar: The rising trend of active Covid-19 cases continues in Odisha as the state witnessed a 40% spike in fresh infections with 308 fresh cases being detected in the last 24 hours. At the same time, another death due to Covid-19…

New Delhi: In view of rising cases of COVID-19 in various parts of the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is learnt to have approved the inclusion of Serum Institute’s Covovax on the CoWIN portal as a heterologous booster dose…

New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 that forced him to skip the valedictory session of the three-day Combined Commanders' Conference in Bhopal, people familiar with the matter said. The…

Burundi: An unidentified disease, anticipated as a virus that causes nosebleed and reportedly kills the infected person within 24 hours, has claimed three lives in the north-eastern region of Burundi in West Africa. The symptoms appear…

New Delhi: As India logged over 1,800 new Covid cases for the second consecutive day, taking the active caseload to over 10,000-mark, the Centre asked states and Union Territories to increase proportion of RT-PCR tests as well as booster…

Bhubaneswar: The number of active Covid-19 cases is increasing gradually in Odisha. State Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra on Sunday said 24 fresh cases were reported across Odisha during the last 2 hours. With the fresh Covid-19…

Geneva: The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing. FBI director Christopher Wray told Fox News television on…