Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As many as 52 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Monday. https://twitter.com/bmcbbsr/status/1328296669427888129   While 22 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 30 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 74 persons who earlier tested positive...

London: After Tesla CEO Elon Musk raised questions over the efficacy of the rapid tests to spot COVID-19, new research has claimed that the accuracy of a rapid finger-prick antibody test for COVID-19 infection may be considerably lower than previously suggested. The results, published in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday registered 749 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,09,408. Out of the 749 new cases, 437 were reported from quarantine centres while 312 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1328208917436907522 The total number of active cases in...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 88,45,127 with 30,548 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 82,49,579, according to data updated by the Union health ministry Monday. The coronavirus death toll climbed...

London: Britain will be the first country to run final stage trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the pharmaceutical company Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Scientists will begin recruiting some 6,000 people across the U.K. On Monday for the 12-month...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 54.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,316,130, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 54,320,021 and 1,316,133, respectively, the University's...

Washington: Most adults with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 have a suppressed immune response against the novel coronavirus rather than life-threatening hyper-inflammation, according to a study which suggests steroids such as dexamethasone should be reserved for the sickest patients. Scientists, including those from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Sunday said that 1,346 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,271 persons, 264 are from Khordha, 126 from Sundargarh, 110 from Cuttack, 65 from Anugul, 66 from Anugul and Bolangir, 63...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 57 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Sunday. https://twitter.com/bmcbbsr/status/1327910864268132353 While 11 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 46 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 75 persons who earlier tested positive for...

Kanpur: The first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 is likely to reach Kanpur's Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College by next week wherein the vaccine's Phase 2 and Phase 3 human clinical trials will be conducted. The decision to conduct the human clinical...