Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As many as 409 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Saturday. While 242 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 167 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 344 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

New Delhi: Lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome had taken centre-stage as the most dreaded complications of COVID-19. However, with time, more issues have begun to be discovered. Heart damage has now emerged as another grim outcome in the virus's repertoire of possible complications....

London: To fight against the COVID-19, the scientists have identified a small neutralising antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that this nanobody has the potential to be...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday attacked the government over the rise in the number of coronavirus cases, claiming that the only country that is not reaping the benefit of the lockdown strategy appears to be India. He also predicted that by September-end,...

New York: At least 19 global health experts have proposed a new, three-phase plan for vaccine distribution -- called the Fair Priority Model -- which aims to reduce premature deaths and other irreversible health consequences from COVID-19. "The idea of distributing vaccines by population appears...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday reported 3,543 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 1,20,221. Out of the 3,543 new cases, 1,261 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,382 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: Angul reported 68 new cases, Balasore 153, Bargarh...

Chhatrapur: Once a hotspot district, Ganajm has been on the path towards recovery. For the first time in two months, the district recorded just 97 new COVID-19 cases Friday, breaking the trend of consistently registering more than 100 cases. The district had reported 95 COVID-19...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 infection tally sprinted past 40 lakh, just 13 days after it crossed 30 lakh, with a record 86,432 cases being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 31,07,223 Saturday pushing the recovery rate to 77.23 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry. The...

Sao Paulo: Critics of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are again speaking out against the leader's stance on the coronavirus pandemic, this time rejecting his view that vaccination for the virus shouldn't be mandatory. Bolsonaro's first such comments came Monday, when he told a supporter, “No...

New Delhi: As inter-city bus services resume gradually, the opportunity to travel comes as a huge relief to millions of people across the country. However, there will be a significant difference in the way we look at bus travel going forward. Experts suggest that COVID-19...