Tag: Covid 19

Bhubaneswar: In what could play a crucial role in providing relief to passengers, all the express and passenger trains are likely to resume services from April 1, said a senior East Coast Railway (ECoR) official on Friday. ECoR public relations officer said that at present 59 pairs of trains are operating on various routes due […]

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 119 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.63 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the UN health agency “systematically reviews safety signals, and is carefully assessing the current reports on the AstraZeneca vaccine”. The Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been suspended in a number of countries across Europe and Asia, […]

Sambalpur: After a long gap, the physical mode of teaching will resume at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) from next week. VSSUT vice-chancellor on Friday issued a notice regarding the resumption of classes in physical mode of all the under-graduate and post-graduate students from March 16. As per the official notification, all the […]

New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 24,882 fresh COVID-19 infections, the highest so far this year, which took the caseload to 1,13,33,728, according to Union health ministry data. This is also the highest daily rise in the last 83 days. As many as 26,624 new infections were recorded on December 20. The death toll climbed […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking stern note of violation of Covid-19 SOPs by air travellers, the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday issued a fresh circular to ensure strict compliance by the travellers. As per the latest notification, the Airlines have to ensure that passengers are following the Covid SOPs. Besides, the violators will be de-boarded and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 3,38,121 on Saturday as 65 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said. Of the fresh cases, 38 were reported from quarantine centres and 27 detected during contact tracing. Cuttack and Sundargarh districts recorded 13 new cases each, followed by Mayurbhanj (7). The death toll […]

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 119.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.64 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

New Delhi: The cumulative tally of vaccination has crossed 2.9 crore mark in the country after 9,47,090 vaccines were administered on Saturday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. “Total 9,74,090 vaccine doses were given till 7 p.m. on Saturday out of which 8,05,014 beneficiaries were administered first dose while 1,69,076 healthcare workers and […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Siddhant Chaturvedi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently under home quarantine. The “Gully Boy” star took to Instagram on late Saturday night and informed his fans that he is following protocols listed by his doctors. “Thank you all for all your concern. Confirming that I have tested positive for COVID-19. […]

New Delhi: India on Sunday recorded 25,320 COVID-19 infections, the highest daily rise in 84 days, taking the case tally to 1,13,59,048, according to Union health ministry data. As many as 26,624 new infections were recorded on December 20. The death toll increased to 1,58,607 on Sunday with 161 new fatalities, the highest in 44 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged the people of the State to strictly follow COVID-19 guidelines to prevent a possible lockdown-like situation. Though the overall Covid-19 situation is under control in Odisha, people need to strictly adhere to the existing protocols, he said. In his address, Patnaik said that the Covid-19 situation […]

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 119.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.65 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

New Delhi: India recorded 26,291 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike in 85 days, taking the country’s infection tally to 1,13,85,339, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll due to the disease increased to 1,58,725 with 118 more fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am […]

London: In the wake of several European countries suspending the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the company has said that there has been no evidence of increased blood clot risk from its jab. The suspensions have come amid several reports of blood clots following vaccinations with the Covid jab developed by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical […]