Coronavirus

United Nations: The COVID-19 pandemic, which has presented challenges for several nations, could be an ‘opportunity’ for India to speed up the health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, especially with a focus on primary healthcare, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus was...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 173 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, taking the total tally in the state to 2,781. Out of the 173 cases, 150 were reported from quarantine centres while 23 are local contacts. Ganjam district reported the highest number of cases with 64, Jajpur 19,...

Islamabad: An estimated 3 million people associated with industrial and services sectors of Pakistan are expected to lose their jobs, and the poverty level could rise to 33.5 per cent from the current 24.3 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Ministry said....

New Delhi: India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657. India's death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 6,642 with a record...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that countries like India and China would have much more coronavirus cases than America if they conduct more tests. Trump, in his remarks at Puritan Medical Products in Maine, said that the US has carried out 20 million...

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus has increased to over 6.7 million, while the death toll has topped 394,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 6,731,824, while the death toll increased to 394,787,...

Beijing: Chinese health authority said Saturday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland Friday. Three imported cases were reported in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report,. No deaths related to the disease were reported, said...

New Delhi: The Secretary of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and three more staffers from the Assembly have tested positive for the coronavirus infection. Speaking to IANS, Goel said he himself has tested negative for the infection, as per the reports which came Friday....

New York: Researchers have claimed that the actual mortality rate of adults with critical illness from Covid-19 in the US is less than what was previously reported. The study, published in the journal Critical Care Medicine, also indicated that the mortality rate of critically ill...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 123 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 123 persons, 35 are from Ganjam, 22 from Cuttack, 14 from Nuapada, 14 from Bolangir, 10 from Khurda, seven from  Kandhamal,...