Coronavirus

Malappuram (Kerala): A private lab here has allegedly cheated a large number of people, mostly those travelling to the Middle East and other countries. The lab has cheated these people by issuing ‘fake’ COVID-19 negative certificates without testing their samples. The manager of the lab...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 3,896 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. This information was given by the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Odisha on its official Twitter handle. With the discharge of the patients Tuesday,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital reported 329 new COVID-19 positive cases Tuesday taking the total number of infected persons in the city to 21,526. So far 17,892 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease here and have been discharged from the various hospitals they were undergoing...

Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday. The parliamentarian took to his twitter handle to inform about the same. The BJD leader urged those who came in contact with him over last few days to undergo home isolation and self monitoring....

Puri: At least 351 servitors and 53 employees of Shree Jagannath Temple here have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said. A total of 404 persons engaged in the 12th century shrine have tested positive for the virus since August, said Shree Jagannath Temple Administration...

Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of COVID-19 has made the lives of other non-COVID-19 patients, particularly those who are suffering from heart-related diseases, all the more vulnerable. According to health experts, the number of heart patients in the state has increased by 10 to 20 per cent...

Ankara: In a major study on patients hospitalised due to Covid-19, the researchers found that the disease might deteriorate men's testosterone levels. The findings, published in the journal The Aging Male, revealed that, as men's testosterone level at baseline decreases, the probability for them to...

New Delhi: More accurate than a rapid antigen test and almost as quick, India's CRISPR ‘Feluda' COVID-19 test that changes colour on detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and simpler alternative to an RT-PCR diagnosis, say scientists. Named after Satyajit Ray's...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday registered 3,067 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 2,15,676. 15 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 828. Out of the 3,067 new cases, 1,809 were reported from quarantine centres while 1m258 are local contacts....

New Delhi: With a spike of 70,589 coronavirus cases and 776 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally Tuesday breached the 61 lakh-mark with a total of 61,45,291 cases. Out of these, 9,47,576 are currently active; 51,01,397 have been discharged, while 96,318 lost the battle against...