Coronavirus

Houston: The US health watchdog has authorised the emergency use of a new and expensive saliva based laboratory diagnostic test for COVID-19 that could be a game changer in the diagnosis of the infection as it will enable rapid testing amongst more people easily. Stephen...

Purusottampur: Yet another COVID warrior has lost his life while fighting the deadly virus in Ganjam district. The in-charge medical officer of Bhatakumarada community health centre (CHC) under Purusottampur block in Ganjam district, who tested for COVID-19, breathed his last Sunday. The deceased doctor has...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 25,89,682 with a single-day spike of 63,490 infections, while the total number of recoveries rose to 18,62,258  pushing the recovery rate to 71.91 per cent Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to coronavirus infection climbed to 49,980 with 944 people succumbing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sunday registered the highest single-day spike of 2,924 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 60,050. The death toll rose to 343 in the state as 10 more patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. Out...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 769,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 21,377,367 and the fatalities rose to 769,652, the...

Moscow: Russia has begun production of the first batch of vaccines against COVID-19, its health ministry said in a statement released Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced the world's first registered vaccine against the novel coronavirus, Sputnik V, which is named after the...

New York: Having friends will keep you healthy in the Covid-19 times and if we believe researchers, feelings of jealousy can even be a useful tool to maintain and strengthen your bonding with friends during the pandemic. Not having friends has been associated with a...

Cuttack: As many as 94 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Saturday. While 10 of them were reported from containment zones, 37 were home quarantine cases. 24 of them were from institutional quarantine centres...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 1,521 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,521 persons, 272 are from Ganjam,231 from Khurdha,166 from Cuttack, 93 from Rayagada, 89 from Sundargarh, 80 from Puri, 77 from...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 277 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Saturday. While 181 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 96 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 133 persons who earlier tested positive...