Coronavirus

London: People with blood type ‘O’ may have a lower risk of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. People with ‘O’ blood group will not have of severe outcomes, including organ complications, if they develop the disease, two new studies suggest. The studies...

Cuttack: As many as 112 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Thursday. While 31 of them were home quarantine cases, 28 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 53 were local contact ones....

Berlin: There has been record number of daily infections in Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy. The daily infections have added to fears Thursday that Europe is running out of chances to control its latest coronavirus outbreak. France has set a 9.00pm curfew for many...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 253 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 73 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 180 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 299 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Digapahandi: A headmaster who worked as a COVID-19 warrior died of the infection at Phasiguda under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district late Wednesday night. The coronavirus victim has been identified as Purnachandra Padhi who had recently been promoted to the headmaster and transferred from Bamokei...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 2,470 new cases of coronavirus infection in the state in last 24 hours, state I&PR Department said in a tweet Thursday. Out of the new positive cases, 1,462 persons were in quarantine while the remaining contracted the disease after coming in contact...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Thursday said the country's doubling time of Covid-19 cases has sharply increased to 70.4 days from 25.5 days in mid-August, which is nearly thrice the time being taken earlier. "This indicates a substantial fall in the daily new cases...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday announced that the country has registered the second COVID-19 vaccine, according to media reports. Russia became the first country to give regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine in August when Sputnik V was officially registered ahead of large-scale clinical trial,...

A strain of coronavirus that has devastated the pork industry has the potential to infect humans as well, say researchers, adding that the virus could impact the global economy and human health. The coronavirus strain known as Swine Acute Diarrhoea Syndrome Coronavirus (SADS-CoV), emerged from...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government decided Wednesday to allow metro trains to operate in this city from October 15 in a phased manner.  Trains will be allowed to run according to the programme ‘begin again’. The Maharashtra government also allowed reopening of all state-run and private...