Coronavirus

Washington: Researchers across the US have stepped up efforts towards the development of an effective COVID-19 vaccine, as another vaccine candidate has started phase 3 clinical trial, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The multi-site clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine, known as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 3,219 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 1,09,780. 11 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll in the state to 514, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department. Out of the 3,219 new cases, 1,931 were reported...

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Wednesday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. Sawant, 47, said he is asymptomatic and under home isolation. "I wish to inform that I have been detected COVID19 positive. I am asymptomatic and hence have opted for home isolation....

Berhampur: Berhampur Assembly constituency legislator from BJD Bikram Kumar Panda tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday. Panda informed about this through his Twitter account. Also read: Baramba MLA Debiprasad Mishra tests positive for COVID-19 “After getting mild symptoms, went for testing and found positive for COVID-19....

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the UN General Assembly September 26, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the world body for the high-level meeting. For the first time in the UN's 75-year history, the annual General Assembly...

Ankara: Turkey is currently experiencing the second peak of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. The number of confirmed cases again started increasing in the country after the Eid-al-Adha holiday last month, Xinhua news agency quoted Koca as saying...

Washington: Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday's report, from tests on more than 30,000 people in Iceland, is the most...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 37 lakh Wednesday with 78,357 new instances of the disease reported in a day, while the number of recoveries crossed 29 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 76.98 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed. The death...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 25.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over 855,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 25,660,482 and the fatalities rose to 855,444, the...

New Delhi: Widespread mask use and data-driven social distancing measures in India may help prevent over 200,000 COVID-19 disease related deaths in India by December 1. This report has been presented in a study. The report states that COVID-19 disease will continue to pose a...