Tag: Covid19

New Delhi: The Supreme Court permitted an applicant, who is suspected of being Covid-19 positive, to appear in the CLAT 2020 entrance exam scheduled on Monday. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah said the court is of the view that the applicant should be permitted to take his CLAT […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 342 new COVID19 cases were reported from the capital city in the last 24 hours taking the total tally of the city to 21,197. According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), two COVID19 patients also died in last 24 hours taking the death toll in the city to 88. As per […]

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday launched a portal which will provide information related to vaccine development, ongoing clinical trials and progress made in this area locally and globally at regular intervals. While emphasising on the importance of elaborate and transparent information on the status of vaccine development, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan […]

New Delhi: A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, Gavi and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will accelerate the manufacture and delivery of up to 100 million doses of safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines for India and low-and middle income countries. This brings the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday convened for its Monsoon Session, with members seated as per the Covid-19 protocols. The session is slated to end on October 7. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik attended the first day of the session through videoconference from his residence ‘Naveen Nivas’ here, while several Ministers and MLAs participated while sitting […]

Puri: Amid demands for the reopening of Puri Srimandir, the temple authorities informed that over 400 servitors and employees of Puri Jagannath temple have tested positive for Covid-19 so far. Even after the rise in Covid-19 cases, many Sebayats (Servitors) who have tested positive were allegedly entering the temple premises. Following such allegations, the Shree […]

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19, the Vice President Secretariat said. It said Naidu, 71, is asymptomatic and in good health. “The Vice President of India who underwent a routine COVID-19 test today morning has been tested positive. He is, however, asymptomatic and in good health,” the Secretariat […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Tuesday announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown in the state till October 31, though giving some additional relaxations. Palaniswami also said the Government Order issued earlier allowing students of Classes 10, 11 and 12 standard to go to school to clear doubts from October 1 has been […]

New Delhi: With Covid-19 set to enter its ninth month in India after the country reported its first confirmed case in Kerala on January 30, there is a likelihood of increased transmission of the novel coronavirus virus during the winter months, health experts warned on Wednesday. The novel coronavirus that has traversed winter, spring, summer, […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus has surpassed 33.8 million, while the deaths have increased to nearly 1,012,900, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday, the total number of cases stood at 33,874,283 and the fatalities rose to 1,012,894, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has earned praise from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said on Wednesday. The CMO in its official twitter handle posted an article “From Governance to Community Resilience: Odishas Response to COVID-19” which appeared in the WHO portal: World Health […]

New Delhi: With a spike of 86,821 coronavirus cases and 1,181 deaths in 24 hours, India’s tally on Thursday mounted to 63,12,584 cases. Out of the total cases, 9,40,705 are currently active, 52,73,201 have been discharged, while 98,678 lost the battle against the viral disease. While the recovery rate stands at a whopping high of […]

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called out the Centre for responding inappropriately to the pandemic on Thursday. In a strongly-worded statement, the national body of doctors has condemned the series of reforms in medical education the Centre has pushed recently. The IMA has alleged that concerns of the profession and people were […]

Bhubaneswar: With 329 new COVID19 positive cases getting detected in the last 24 hours, the total cases in the city rose to 22,876, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, a whopping 219 were local contact cases while the remaining 110 were quarantine cases, the civic body […]

Bhubaneswar: With 354 new COVID19 positive cases getting detected in the last 24 hours, the total cases in the city rose to 23,230, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, a whopping 246 were local contact cases while the remaining 108 were quarantine cases, the civic body […]