Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Covid-19 tally rose to 10,37,056 on Thursday as 524 more people tested positive for the infection. Two fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,298, a health official said. Khurda district recorded the highest number of new cases at 254, accounting for almost 49 per cent of the fresh infections, followed by 66 in…
Covid-19 could well become like common cold by spring next year because people would have developed immunity boosted by vaccines and exposure to the virus, an expert from Oxford University has said. Speaking in context to Britain, Professor Sir John Bell of medicine at Oxford University said the country (England) “is over the worst” and…
The Delta variant of the coronavirus has become the most dominant strain globally, as the other three variants of concern make up for a tiny fraction when sequenced, the WHO has said. “Less than one percent each of Alpha, Beta and Gamma are currently circulating. It’s really predominantly Delta around the world,” Maria Van Kerkhove,…
The first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine has significantly improved mental health of people, a recent study in the US has found. The global coronavirus pandemic has affected people’s lives including jobs and finances – leading to mental distress According to a study mental health among people worsened in the US around March 2020 and…
