COVID-19 News Updates

The researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan report that increased "fucose" digestion by bacteria in the gut before vaccination was associated with lower numbers of T-cells activated by vaccination.

As per medical experts, Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 could be driving the surge in Covid cases.

According to sources in the know of things, Mishra advised officials to ensure operational readiness of hospital infrastructure till the sub-district level.

The vaccine doses have been arranged in view of the rise in Covid-19 cases in many countries around the world as well in some states within the country.

The daily positivity rate is 8.40 per cent and the weekly positivity Rate is 4.94 per cent.

As per the health department officials, around 5931 samples were tested in different districts of the state. With 308 new Covid cases, the total number of active cases in the state now stands at 1505.

In the last 24 hours, India reported 27 Covid-19 deaths, the highest single-day fatalities in the past six months, according to official figures issued by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

According to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, sudden sensorineural hearing loss - also known as sudden deafness - occurs when you lose your hearing very quickly, typically only in one ear.

As per State Health Department sources, 6,279 samples were tested in the last 24 hours of which 258 came out positive.

In the last 24 hours, India reported 7,830 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the country's overall caseload to 40,215, according to the latest Union Health Ministry data released on Wednesday.

BJP's Bhawanipatna MLA, Pradipta Kumar Naik expressed his desire to contest in the 2024 general election.

In a letter to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Director of Family Welfare (Odisha) Bijay Panigrahi has placed a demand for CorBEvax vaccine for the state.

The State so far has reported 13,37,798 infections since the outbreak of the pandemic and 13,27,808 patients recuperated from the disease.

The death toll has increased to 5,31,000 with 21 deaths.

From the beginning, Covid was rare and mild in children. But some of those infected faced severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) -- a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs.