Coronavirus

Sydney: In an ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus, the researchers have developed a new test that can diagnose COVID-19 in just 20 minutes. The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, show the rapid molecular test called N1-STOP-LAMP, is 100 per cent accurate...

Bhadrak: The steady rise in COVID-19 cases pushed the Bhadrak district’s tally beyond 1,300 with 118 fresh infection cases being reported from the district Friday. The district’s tally has gone up to 1,301. Of the fresh 118 cases, only eight cases were reported from quarantine...

Melbourne: Scientists have developed a new low-cost nasal swab test for COVID-19. This method of swab test can accurately diagnose the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in just 20 minutes. The findings have been published in the ‘Journal of Medical Microbiology’. It states the swab test...

Nabrangpur: In view of the rising cases of coronavirus infection, the Nabarangpur district administration has announced shutdown across the district for three days, starting August 15, noon till August 17 5.00am.  The shutdown order has been issued by Nabarangpur District Collector Thursday, Ajit Kumar Mishra....

Los Angeles: Scientists have found the likely order in which COVID-19 symptoms first appear, an advance that may help clinicians rule out other diseases, and help patients seek care promptly or decide sooner to self-isolate. According to the study, published in the journal Frontiers in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered the highest single-day spike with 1,977 new coronavirus cases reported Friday. This information was given by the I&PR Department, Government of Odisha in a tweet Friday morning. Among the new coronavirus cases, 1,241 persons were in quarantine while 736 were local contacts....

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload surpassed 24 lakh Friday after 64,553 more people tested positive and the recoveries rose to over 17 lakh, the Health Ministry said. With 17,51,555 people defeating the disease, the recovery rate has surged to 71.17 per cent. The caseload increased...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 20.7 million, while the deaths have increased to over 752,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 20,764,220 and the fatalities rose to 752,893, the...

Beijing/ Shanghai: Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, local authorities said Thursday. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) downplayed the risk of the coronavirus virus entering the food chain. A sample taken from the...

Berhampur: In the conclusive study of the first phase of serial sero-survey conducted by ICMR-RMRC, the silk city reported that 31 per cent of all the persons have developed antibodies for the COVID-19 infection. As per the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), which assisted RMRC in...