Coronavirus

Kolkata: Four members of a dwindling tribe in the far off Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Thursday. It was day India reported 75,760 new coronavirus infections, the highest single-day spike. The Great Andamanese are one of the six tribes of Mongoloid...

New Delhi: Three winners of this year’s National Sports Awards, including badminton player Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, have tested positive for COVID-19. These three winners will not attend the virtual ceremony August 29, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said Thursday. SAI informed that 65 of the...

Cuttack: As many as 302 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Thursday. While 103 of them were home quarantine cases, 81 of them were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 118 were local...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 2,510 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,510 persons, 435 are from Khordha,277 from Ganjam, 225 from Cuttack,218 from Puri, 182 from Koraput, 135 from Jajpur, 119 from...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 386 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 183 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 203 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 213 persons who earlier tested positive...

New Delhi: The first documented instance of coronavirus re-infection came from Hong Kong this week. It was followed quickly by Belgium and the Netherlands reporting one case each. However, there is no reason for alarm yet, say scientists. Their statement will certainly calm coronavirus re-infection...

Bhubaneswar: Odia film dialogue writer and lyricist Rajani Ranjan Das and comedian Guddu have tested positive for COVID-19. Sources said Rajani was suffering from fever for the last seven days. He went in for a swab test Tuesday and his report turned out to be...

Toronto:  In the fight against the novel coronavirus, researchers have made significant progress in understanding the COVID-19 virus and offered possible ways to stop the pandemic. "While the findings need to be validated with larger groups of patients, they could have important implications for treating...

Pune: Three more volunteers were administered the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate at a medical college in Pune Thursday as part of the phase II clinical trial of the medicine, a senior doctor from the medical facility said. Earlier, two volunteers, aged 32 and 48, were...

New Delhi: India has been reporting the highest number of daily coronavirus cases in the world for the last three weeks, putting it ahead of the US and Brazil. India, the third worst-hit country Thursday recorded over 75,000 cases breaching the highest ever daily tally...