Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The state Health and Family Welfare department Friday issued standardised rates for reimbursement of different consumables cost at COVID Hospitals and COVID Care Centres for different category of services availed from the private players. In what can be described as a major relief to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 1,305 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,305 persons, 266 are from Ganjam, 156 from Khurdha, 128 from Cuttack, 111 from Jajpur, 75 from Malkangiri, 71 from Balasore,...

Cuttack: As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 13 of them were reported from containment zones, 11 were home quarantine cases. 19 of them were from institutional quarantine centres...

Beijing: New research has added to the growing body of evidence that asymptomatic patients suffering from Covid-19 are less likely to infect close contacts compared to severe cases. According to the study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the risk for transmission of...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 247 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Friday. While 148 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 99 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 103 persons who earlier tested positive...

New Delhi: India exported 23 lakh personal protection equipment to five countries including the US, the UK and the UAE in July, after the government relaxed export norms and this has substantially helped the country to position itself in the global market of these kits,...

Chhatrapur: In Ganjam district’s Chhatrapur subdivision, as many as 81 per cent COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from the disease and only 1.04 per cent patients succumbed to it, a senior district administration official said Friday. According to Parul Patwari, who has recently appointed...

Kolkata: The West Bengal government has decided to provide employment to the next of kin of deceased and incapacitated COVID-19 warriors on compassionate grounds. The West Bengal government has initiated such a step to boost the morale of the frontline workers. This information was given...

Ghaziabad (UP): Former Congress MP Surendra Prakash Goel passed away on Friday morning due to COVID-19 complications, his family said. He was 74. He had tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted for treatment July 27 in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. His son...

Hyderabad: Aurobindo Pharma has said it is expecting its proposed vaccine candidate for COVID-19 to undergo Phase I and II trials by the end of 2020. The Phase III trials may be undertaken during March-April next year. MD of Aurobindo Pharma, Narayanan Govindarajan gave this...