Coronavirus

Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh): A probe has been ordered against a private school in Madhavgarh area that was found to be open even though all educational institutions remain closed in Uttar Pradesh due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A video of the school where about 40 children...

Bhadrak: Bhadrak district Thursday reported 107 COVID-19 positive cases and of them, 104 were local cases. This spike in local contact cases has become a cause of concern for the district administration and local people here. Dhamnagar block reported maximum 34 cases, followed by Bont...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday reported 2,898 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 70,020. Eight more fatalities took the death toll across the state to 380. Out of the 2,898 new cases, 1,792 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,106 are local...

Seoul: South Korea’s Green Cross Corp (006280.KS) has received regulatory approval for phase II human clinical trials of its experimental coronavirus plasma treatment drug, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday. The trials will test the safety and efficacy of the drug in...

Koraput: Even as COVID-19 infection cases are increasing in Koraput, the deadly virus has made its entry into Koparut circle jail. In the last four days, 37 COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the jail. The district reported 92 more cases Wednesday,  taking the tally...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total cases of coronavirus infections...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 786,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases stood at 22,322,208 and the fatalities rose to 786,185, the...

Berlin: Sugar-like molecules on the surface of the novel coronavirus create a ‘kind of protective coat’ that hides it from the host's neutralising antibodies, according to a study which may help develop new vaccines and therapeutics against COVID-19. Using ultra-high resolution microscopy techniques, researchers from...

Canberra (Australia): Australia has announced a deal to manufacture a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZenec. “Under the deal, every single Australian will be able to receive the University of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for free, should trials prove successful, safe and...

New Delhi: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Wednesday that people with poor immunity are more vulnerable to contracting coronavirus. Harsh Vardhan stressed on the need to boost the immune system by eating right and safe food. The health minister was speaking at the virtual launch...