Coronavirus

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday ordered authorities to hand over the bodies of suspected COVID-19 cases in Delhi to relatives without waiting for laboratory confirmation of infection but the mortal remains should be treated with precaution and as per the government guidelines....

New Delhi: With 9,195 fatalities till Sunday, India is the ninth worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 deaths. The highest spike of 11,929 cases took the tally to over 3.20 lakh Monday. However, more than half have recovered from the disease. The Union Health Ministry...

Rome:  Drug company, ‘AstraZeneca Plc’ has signed a contract with governments of four European countries. It will supply these countries with the potential vaccine against the coronavirus. Researchers at the Oxford University are working on the coronavirus vaccine. Currently the third phase of trials is...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 114 COVID-19 patients recovered and tested negative for coronavirus Sunday, taking Odisha’s total number of recoveries to 2,708, said the Health and Family Welfare Department. While Sundargarh reported the maximum 30 recoveries, Khurda reported 23, Ganjam 17, Cuttack 11, Mayurbhanj 10,...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said the Centre and the Delhi government will fight COVID-19 together in the national capital, which has witnessed a spurt in coronavirus cases. The chief minister said a high-level meeting called by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to...

London: Scientists have described three distinct phases of COVID-19 disease progression in patients, urging medical professionals to consider an individualised treatment approach for patients based on their symptoms corresponding to these stages of infection. According to the scientists, including those from the University of Florence...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday said that 16 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 14 of them are home quarantine cases, remaining two are local contact ones. Of the two local contacts, a 25-year-old male...

Chhatrapur: With there being no respite in coronavirus cases in Ganjam district, district collector Vijay Amruta Kulange Sunday took a firm step and declared complete lockdown till June 30. As per the order, only those shops dealing in essential commodities and medicine stores will remain...

Islamabad: Pakistan has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day with 6,825 new patients, taking the tally to 1,39,230, while more than 80 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said Sunday. The Ministry of National...

New Delhi: Cooking, exercising, baking and gardening are among the means adopted by the elderly at old age homes to keep dark thoughts away during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Many elderly say they have had a difficult life -- facing abuse and torture from their...