Coronavirus

Sydney: New research adds to the growing body of evidence that pasteurising human milk inactivates the virus that causes COVID-19. "While there is no evidence that the virus can be transmitted through breast milk, there is always a theoretical risk," said study lead author Greg...

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria, one of India's leading medical experts, has asserted that the coronavirus cases in the country have not yet hit their peak or even plateaued. The remarks come at a time when the infections...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 1,876 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 50,672. Nine additional deaths in the state pushed the death toll to 305, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department. Out of the 1,876 new cases, 1,182 were reported...

New Delhi: All six Indian men's hockey team players, who have tested positive for coronavirus, have been shifted to a multi-speciality hospital in Bengaluru, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) informed Wednesday morning. Earlier, striker Mandeep Singh was hospitalised late on Monday night, owing to...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally went past 23 lakh Wednesday with a single day increase of 60,963 cases, while the recoveries surged to 16,39,599 pushing the recovery rate to 70.38 per cent, according to data by the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Tuesday said that 1,785 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,785 persons, 404 are from Ganjam, 263 from Khurdha, 126 from Cuttack, 126 from Sambalpur, 101 from Keonjhar, 91 from Malkangiri,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 109 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Tuesday. While 60 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 49 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 134 persons who earlier tested positive...

Moscow: The Covid-19 vaccine that Russia registered Tuesday is expected to enter into civilian circulation January 1, 2021, the media reported, citing the registration certificate. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that teachers and medical workers will be the first to get the Covid-19 vaccine...

New Delhi: The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee has worsened and he remains on ventilator support, the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital said Tuesday, a day after he underwent a brain surgery. The 84-year-old was admitted to the military hospital around noon Monday....

Ranchi:  Coronavirus does not always brings bad news, at times it is the precursor to good events also. Coronavirus does not always cause death and pain, it can bring in happiness also. A heart-warming story has emerged from coal city Dhanbad where a man was...