Coronavirus

Mumbai: Air India pilots, are protesting the massive cut in their flying allowance in the wake of increasing cash crunch at the airline. The cash crunch has happened due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Air India pilots have got the backing from an international pilot’s...

Cuttack:  Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Wednesday said that 143 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 112 cases were reported from Containment Zones, 12 were home quarantine cases. Another seven were reported from institutional quarantine centres and...

Bhubaneswar: Entire Odisha came together Wednesday evening to offer a minute-long silent prayer for the COVID Warriors who have sacrificed their lives while protecting the public from the pandemic. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik led the silent prayer at 6 PM in honour of warriors. The...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 25 corona warriors have died in Odisha while performing COVID-19 related duty, a senior official said Wednesday. The frontline warriors who have succumbed to the viral infection were deployed in dedicated hospitals, COVID care centres, temporary medical camps and COVID care...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 1,255 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,255 persons, 485 are from Ganjam, 125 from Khurdha, 122 from Sundargarh, 107 from Sambalpur, 75 from Puri, 43 from Mayurbhanj,...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday said that 137 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 113 of them are quarantine cases, 24 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 118 persons who earlier tested positive for the disease...

New York: A team of Indian-origin researchers has found that patients experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms had improved outcomes when administered an Interleukin-6 (IL6ri) inhibitor, sarilumab or tocilizumab -- used in treating autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other several inflammatory conditions. The treatment was...

Puri: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, tourists and visitors travelling from one district to another are facing major difficulties in hotel accomodation under increased pressure from hotel owners to furnish a COVID-19 test negative report in fear of the police personnel. However, Puri Collector Balwant Singh...

New Delhi: Drug firm Zydus Cadila Wednesday announced that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 -- ZyCoV-D -- was found to be safe and well tolerated in the phase I clinical trial. The company will now commence phase II clinical trials from August 6....

New Delhi: The Women and Child Development Ministry has instructed all field functionaries and healthcare providers to reassure mothers to initiate and continue to breastfeed their infants as per guidelines even if they have tested positive for COVID-19. Noting that breastfeeding helps to protect a...