Coronavirus

New Delhi: As the focus shifts to India and its rising number of Covid-19 cases, a new book suggests ways to boost immunity and overcome fear in the fight against the deadly virus. 'Save your family and self from viruses' by Shiv Nandan says people...

Thiruvananthapuram: Another shocker from Kerala yet again. A woman, who was under quarantine, has alleged that she was raped by a health worker recently. The accused, a junior health inspector at a primary health centre, was arrested Monday. A case under IPC section 376 (rape)...

Beijing: China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time. China is the country where the contagion was discovered. Now it looks like the Chinese vaccine may very well give the coronavirus-hit world some relief. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday reported 3,861 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 1,27,892. 10 more fatalities in the state pushed the death toll to 556. Out of the 3,861 new cases, 2,278 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,583 are local...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent Monday, according to the Union health ministry data....

United Nations: In what could possibly be the world's largest and fastest ever operation of its kind, the UNICEF will be leading the procurement and supply of coronavirus vaccines to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 27 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 882,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 27,002,224 and the fatalities rose to...

Deogarh: At time when the COVID-19 cases are increasing exponentially in the state, the only district sitting at a rather safe position is Deogarh. Deogarh is the only district in the state where the number of active cases is enviable 52. The district reported only...

Ganjam: The Ganjam district administration has adopted another pro-active step to win the battle against the invisible enemy of coronavirus by planning to launch a door-to door ‘Oxygen Checking Campaign’. Ganjam district collector Vijay Amruta Kulange, in a tweet, informed that for early detection and...

New York: Medical journal The Lancet's chief editor has said that US President Donald Trump's statement that a COVID-19 vaccine could be delivered by the end of October is ‘simply wrong’. In a Skype interview with CNN, Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, said there...