Coronavirus

New Delhi: India's coronavirus cases surpassed the 1.70 lakh-mark with a total of 1,73,763 cases, registering the highest single-day spike of 7,964, the Health Ministry data revealed Saturday. The world's largest democracy has 86,423 active cases, while 82,369 persons have recovered and have been discharged...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Saturday directed the state government to maintain top secrecy in identities and details of COVID-19 patients and suspects. Hearing a PIL filed by advocate Ananga Kumar Otta, the division bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice BR Sarangi ordered,...

New Delhi: The medical director of Lok Nayak Hospital, city's coronavirus dedicated facility, has tested positive for COVID-19, along with two more staffers, an official said Saturday. "The medical director has tested positive along with two more staffers," an official said. Lok Nayak Hospital with...

New York: Global pharmaceutical major Pfizer believes that a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 could be ready by the end of October, the company's CEO Albert Bourla said. Pfizer is conducting clinical trials in the US and Europe for the BNT162 vaccine programme to prevent Covid-19...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 96 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 1819, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department Saturday. Of the 96 new cases, Ganjam reported 6, Jajpur 6, Balasore 4, Khurda 9, Bhadrak 7,...

Washington: US personal consumption expenditures (PCE) plunged to a record 13.6 per cent in April month-on-month amid widespread shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commerce Department reported. The plunge, following a revised 6.9 per cent drop in March, has been the sharpest drop in...

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 6 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 364,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 5,923,432, while the death toll...

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Bhubaneswar: With a view to reaching out to the vulnerable sections of society, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Friday, launched a mobile App ‘Sachetak’ to help people both physically and emotionally during crisis. Developed jointly by the BMC and Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), the...

Chennai: As many as 874 persons tested positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hours in Tamil Nadu, while nine Covid-19 patients died Friday, the state Health Department said. In a statement issued here, it said with the new cases, taking the total tally to...