Coronavirus

Bangalore: Newly elected Rajya Sabha member Ashok Gasti, who was admitted to a private hospital after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, died Thursday night, the hospital said. The 55-year-old Ashok Gasti was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Old Airport Road, September 2. He was...

Los Angeles: Vaccine candidates for COVID-19 should elicit a broad immune response that includes antibodies, and the body's helper and killer T cells, according to a study which says weak or uncoordinated immunity may lead to a poor disease outcome. The research, published in the...

New York: New research adds to the growing body of evidence that potential COVID-19 drug azithromycin -- a commonly-prescribed antibiotic -- may increase the risk for cardiac events in patients. The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, found that if the azithromycin drug...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 3,607 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 3,607 persons, 1037 are from Khordha, 415 from Puri, 299 from Cuttack, 140 from Bolangir, 128 from Mayurbhanj, 127 from Jajpur,...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who recently recovered from COVID-19 and was admitted to AIIMS for a complete medical checkup, was discharged Thursday evening, officials said. Amit Shah was admitted to the premier hospital September 12. The home minister has been discharged from...

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Thursday the government is aiming to bring down India’s COVID-19 mortality rate. The target is to bring it down to less than one per cent. India’s current mortality rate of 1.64 per cent is the lowest in...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 325 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 101 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 224 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 420 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Cuttack: The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are going to witness stricter enforcement of COVID-19 regulations in coming days. Police DG Abhay held a meeting here Thursday to review the COVID-19 situation in twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. In the meeting, it was...

Guwahati: Her age may have posed a challenge but 100-year-old Mai Handique’s battle against COVID-19 was won by her positivity. She managed to beat the COVID-19 virus with great positivity, doctors said Thursday. Handique is Assam’s oldest COVID-19 patient. She was discharged from the Mahendra...

Abu Dhabi: Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma conceded Thursday that the ‘incomparable’ Lasith Malinga will be missed. Lasith Malinga has opted out of this year’s IPL for personal reasons. Rohit stated that Malinga is irreplaceable’ because of his ‘unbelievable’ past performances for MI. Highest...