Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As many as 340 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 84 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 256 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 337 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

London: Becton Dickinson (BD) and Company's COVID-19 test that returns results in 15 minutes has been cleared for use in countries that accept Europe’s CE marking, the diagnostics maker said Wednesday. The test is part of a new class of quicker screening tools named for...

Berhampur: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in India many incidents of tragedies have unfolded. The disease has destroyed families while lockdown has hit the finances of all strata of society very hard. One such tragic story emerged out of Angargaon village under Beguniapada...

New Delhi: Despite the country's health systems being under severe strain due to the ongoing pandemic, every effort has been made to ensure that "healthcare services are made available to women, children and adolescents", said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. Addressing the Partnership for...

New Delhi: September accounted for 41.53 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country, with 26,21,418 infections of the over 63 lakh cases being reported in the month alone. The past month also saw 33,390 deaths due to the disease, which is around...

Koraput: The killer virus has claimed yet another COVID-19 warrior in the form of Koraput town police station IIC Pitabasa Dharua. Known as a capable police officer, IIC Dharua fell ill while discharging his duties. He got his samples tested and the report came out...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday rejected a PIL filed by retired bureaucrats alleging gross mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country by the government. A bench headed by Justice L N Rao was told by advocate Prashant Bhushan that February 4, the Ministry...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday registered 3,615 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 2,22,734. Out of the 3,615 new cases, 2,118 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,497 are local contacts. District Wise Breakdown: According to the Information & Public Relations Department,...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload breached the 63-lakh mark with 86,821 infections being reported in a day, while 52,73,201 people have recuperated so far from the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. The recovery rate stands at 83.53 per cent. The total coronavirus...

New Delhi: Researchers, including those from the Government of Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, have conducted one of the largest analysis of COVID-19 epidemiology to date, and have found that both cases and deaths due to the disease have been more heavily concentrated in the...