Coronavirus

A study conducted by top genetic experts has revealed that Indians should be thankful to their genes for tiding over the COVID pandemic with a relatively lesser mortality rate as compared to the US and European nations. A team comprising distinguished genetic experts from six...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 4,101 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 4,101 persons, 782 are from Khordha, 550 from Cuttack, 298 from Puri, 193 from Bolangir, 169 from Jajpur, 132 from Kendrapara,...

Cuttack: As many as 325 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 70 of them were home quarantine cases, 79 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 176 were local contact ones....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 305 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Friday. While 90 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 215 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 517 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

London: The COVID-19 pandemic could cause a short-term decline in life expectancy in the severely affected areas of the world. It will certainly happen unless the spread of the disease is contained, according to a study. The research has been published in the journal ‘PLOS...

London: A new small-boxed COVID-19 rapid test device, which gives results within 90 minutes, has been found to have a high level of accuracy and produced very few false negatives and no false positives in a UK study. The Lab-in-Cartridge tests can be performed in...

Los Angeles: Warner Bros has announced that the filming on its much-anticipated DC superhero movie The Batman has resumed. Shooting for The Batman had been shutdown for over two weeks after lead star Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19. Shooting for the Matt Reeves-directed film...

Bhubaneswar: Within hours after DGP Abhay conducted a meeting Thursday over COVID-19 management in the twin cities, the results have been showing. The cops have cracked down and booked 5,188 persons for violating COVID-19 norms in the state capital and Cuttack. According to police sources,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 4,180 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours according to a tweet by the I&PR Department, Friday. The state had reported 4,241 COVID-19 cases Thursday. With the addition of the new cases, the total number of infected patients in Odisha went...

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past the 52 lakh-mark with 96,424 people testing positive in a day. The number of people who recuperated from the disease rose Friday to 41,12,551 according to the Union Health Ministry data. India’s current  recovery rate stands at 78.86 per cent. The total coronavirus cases...