Coronavirus

Kolkata: Most of the hospitals in this city are busy treating coronavirus patients. This is causing great hardships to Kolkata-based Liberian footballer Ansumana Kromah and his wife. They are finding it extremely difficult to admit their sick new-born daughter in a medical facility here. Their...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Tuesday said that 140 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 140 persons, 24 are from Cuttack, 22 from Ganjam, 21 from Nuapada, 11 each from Jajpur, Khurda and Jagatsinghpur , eight...

Nayagarh: A doctor and a nurse of the Nayagarh district headquarters hospital (DHH) have tested positive for COVID-19. Both have been shifted to a COVID-19 hospital in Bhubaneswar, informed chief district medical officer (CDMO) Dr Sudhanshu Sekhar Sarangi here Tuesday. “After the reports came, one...

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus pandemic is worsening globally, even as the situation in Europe is improving. At a press briefing Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that about 75% of cases reported to the U.N. health agency Sunday...

Wellington: The Dunedin-based Highlanders are hoping 20,000 fans will attend Saturday’s Super Rugby Aoteroa match against the Chiefs, the first major rugby match to be played in front of fans since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Super Rugby Aotearoa is the first major rugby...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Centre and state governments to send all the migrant workers to their native places within 15 days and formulate employment schemes after conducting their skill mapping to rehabilitate them. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan...

Islamabad: Pakistan has recorded over 100 deaths in a single day for the first time due to the coronavirus, health officials said Tuesday. Another 4,646 new COVID-19 patents were diagnosed in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 108,317, the Ministry of Health...

Bhubaneswar:  With the state reporting more than 800 new COVID-19 cases in the first week of June, Odisha government has asked different departments to intensify awareness campaign as there is no medicine or vaccine for novel coronavirus. Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy Monday issued directions...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who complained of fever and cough, has been tested for coronavirus Tuesday. Test reports are expected by Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, "Kejriwal is unwell. He is suffering from fever, cough and...

Beijing: As the coronavirus spread, the world's richest communist dug into his deep pockets. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped to pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma's foundation also...