coronavirus

Canberra: Coronavirus restrictions in the Australian capital will be further eased after it reached the 80 per cent vaccine milestone, authorities said on Tuesday. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) became the country's first…

New Delhi: The Covid pandemic is not over yet and hence, people should not lower their guard, AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria, said on Wednesday. Appearing in an information video series by the Health Ministry titled 'Covid Gurukool',…

Bhubaneswar: The Health & Family Welfare Department of Odisha on October 4 has informed that another 590 Covid patients have recovered and are being discharged from different facilities across the state in last 24 hours. According to…

Bhubaneswar: As many as 149 new covid-19 positive cases were detected in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on October 3 while the positive cases in Cuttack city (CMC area) are 44. The recovered cases in Cuttack city are 27 while…

The Covid-19 pandemic has created havoc around the world for more than 1.5 years and still continues to haunt many countries. A medical breakdown has been witnessed by many countries around the world. However the sad reality is that…

Washington: As the Joe Biden administration stepped up efforts to get more people vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in three new studies emphasised the importance of Covid shots in preventing death rates,…

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered extension of the existing Covid-19 restrictions till September 30, in view of the upcoming festival season, with a limit of 300 on all gatherings, including political, and…

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 220.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.56 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.44 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on…

London: The most recent common ancestor of sarbecoviruses -- the family of coronaviruses to which SARS-CoV belongs -- existed more than 21,000 years ago, nearly 30 times older than previous estimates, finds a study. The study, published…

New York: Widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of coronavirus in communities, more than masks made of cloth, finds a large study. Researchers from Yale University, US, tracked more than 340,000 adults across 600…