Coronavirus

London: Human trials are set to begin this week for a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The vaccine has been developed by researchers at the Imperial College here. The trial has been made possible by more than 41 million pound funding from the UK government. An...

London: Doctors and researchers said here Tuesday that a major breakthrough has been achieved in search for the coronavirus vaccine. They said giving low doses of the generic steroid drug ‘dexamethasone’ has been successful in treatment of severe COVID-19 hit patients. The drug has reduced...

London: Unemployment in the United Kingdom (UK) is widely expected to hit levels not seen since the mid-1980s over the coming months. This is due to the coronavirus-induced recession. Unemployment figures will change in the near future. The number of people officially labelled as unemployed...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday said that five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While three of them are home quarantine cases, remaining two are local contact ones. Of the two local contacts, a 37-year-old male...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha health department Tuesday said that 120 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. With this, total recoveries in the state now stand at 2,974. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1272853602470526978 According to state government data as of Tuesday, 4,163 people have so...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday the economy is showing ‘green shoots’ as India emerges from the coronavirus lockdown. He asserted that the fight against the pandemic is a fine example of cooperative federalism. This is because the Centre and the states are...

Karachi: Pakistan's Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Syed Aminul Haq was tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, joining a long list of politicians who have tested positive for the virus that has killed 2,839 people in the country. Haq confirmed that he had been...

London: As many as one in five people globally have underlying medical conditions that put them at an increased risk of severe COVID-19. This has been revealed by a study which may help develop strategies to shield the most vulnerable individuals. The study has been...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding discussions with chief ministers and Lt Governors of 21 states and union territories Tuesday on ways to check the spread of novel coronavirus as thousands of fresh cases are being reported daily. This is Modi's sixth interaction...

Bhubaneswar: Door-to-door surveillance to identify persons with COVID-19 symptoms started across Odisha Tuesday. An announcement in this regard was made by the State Government Monday. The survey will be conducted by ASHA and ANM workers between June 16 and July 31. The surveillance teams will...