Coronavirus

Bengaluru: All those who met Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who has tested positive for COVID-19, in the last three-four days will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K said Monday. He also said those who came in contact with Yediyurappa in...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 18-lakh mark Monday, just a day after it went past 17 lakh, with 52,972 cases reported in a day while the number of recoveries surged to over 11.86 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday reported 1,384 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally across the state to 36,297. The death toll in the state reached 207 with ten additional deaths, informed official sources. Out of the 1,384 new cases, 873 were reported from quarantine centres while...

Oslo: Norwegian authorities are tracing passengers from recent Arctic voyages after at least 40 crew and passengers from a luxury cruise liner tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the country's public health department said. All 158 crew members from the MS Roald Amundsen have been...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa who has been hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19 is ‘doing well’ and is ‘clinically stable’, the hospital treating him said. The 78-year-old leader is being monitored by a team of doctors at the Manipal hospital here. "Hon...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 18 million mark, while the deaths were nearing 688,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 18,002,567 and the fatalities rose to 687,930, the...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit have tested positive for coronavirus, the latest among prominent public figures in the country to have contracted COVID-19, while Uttar Pradesh minister Kamal Rani Verma succumbed...

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given nod to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for conducting phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by the University of Oxford, in the country. Government officials told...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to a private hospital, an official said Sunday night. "The Chief Minister took a test after feeling unwell. As the test was positive, he has been admitted in a private...

New Delhi: The Centre came up Sunday with a fresh set of guidelines for inbound international passengers, wherein the quarantine norms have been tweaked. The new norms will come into effect August 8. The new rules say that international travellers may seek exemption from institutional...