Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 1,621 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,621 persons, 324 are from Ganjam, 265 from Khurdha, 127 from Gajapati, 110 from Cuttack, 85 from Puri, 69 from Koraput,...

Chennai: Star singer SP Balasubrahmanyam continues to be critical and is on ventilator and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (ECMO), a heart-lung assistance machine, the hospital treating him said here Wednesday. “Thiru S P Balasubrahmanyam who had been admitted at MGM Healthcare due to COVID-19 continues...

New Delhi: Focusing on the ‘test, track and treat’ strategy, India has tested more than eight lakh samples for COVID-19 for the second consecutive day in a row. The new tests took the cumulative total to 3,17,42,782 so far, the Union Health Ministry said Wednesday.  The Health Ministry...

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday carried out searches at several locations including Mumbai and Delhi in connection with a money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat Markaz chief Maulana Saad and others, sources said. According to top ED sources, the raids were at 20 locations,...

Washington: High humidity can extend the airborne lifetime of medium-sized virus-laden droplets by as much as 23 times, according to a study which suggests that maintaining physical distancing would significantly remediate the spread of COVID-19. The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is thought to spread...

New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee's health condition deteriorated Wednesday as he developed lung infection, the Army Research and Referral Hospital said. He has been hospitalized for the past nine days and been on ventilator support following a brain surgery. The hospital authorities said, "There...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 2,589 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 67,122. The death toll in Odisha rose to 372 as 10 more people have succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours. Out of the 2,589 new...

Russia, which last week became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine amid scepticism from the global scientific community, has released a video showing how the ‘Sputnik V’ jab would end the novel coronavirus. The 38-second promotional video, created by the...

New Delhi: With over 175 COVID-19 vaccines currently in different stages of development, the entire human race is hoping that eventually one of them would work and enable us all to return to normal life. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced the first ever approved...

The race towards finding a vaccine against Covid-19 intensifies by the day. Meanwhile, the question remains when the world will get the much-awaited antidote to the deadly contagion. Last week, in an interview to an American broadcaster, top US expert Anthony Fauci said that he...