Coronavirus

Geneva: A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against using hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, the drugs for malaria and other diseases, in the treatment of COVID-19, saying these drugs should be reserved for use "within clinical trials". Responding to question on hydroxychloroquine...

Cuttack: The government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Khapuria here has developed an automatic hand sanitiser dispenser as part of its effort to fight the novel coronavirus. The institute had earlier developed a mobile swab sample collecting machine, two robots to assist health staff in...

New Delhi: About 6.39 per cent of the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country needed hospital support, the Union Health Ministry said Wednesday. During a briefing on the COVID-19 situation, joint secretary in the ministry Lav Agarwal also said about 2.94 per...

Mumbai: Airlines, travel operators and industry body FICCI welcomed Wednesday the government’s decision to restore domestic passenger flight services. The flight services will be resumed in a phased manner from May 25. They said it will help in boosting the overall economic condition of the...

Bhubaneswar: A number of track and field athletes are already thinking of returning to training with easing of restrictions during Lockdown 4.0. However, Odisha sprint queen Dutee Chand is a step ahead. Dutee Chand has already returned to training since Monday at the Kalinga Stadium....

New Delhi: Scientists across the world are working frantically to find a vaccine against COVID-19. There are many countries that are working to develop a preventive measure against the COVID-19 virus. However, all eyes are on US-based company ‘Moderna’. The company has achieved encouraging early...

New Delhi: It is good news for those accustomed to air travel. Domestic passenger flights will resume from Monday ‘in a calibrated manner’, the government said Wednesday. Flights both international and domestic were suspended in late-March since the lockdown was implemented to curb the spread...

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra appealed to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath once again Wednesday. She said her party be allowed to ply buses to ferry migrants to their homes amid the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. Priyanka Gandhi said this is not the time...

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) served notices Wednesday to 16 private hospitals for refusing to admit COVID-19 patients referred to them by the civic body. In the notices served under the Epidemic Diseases Act, the AMC has alleged that despite its order and an...

Islamabad: A 60-year-old woman legislator of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Punjab province died Wednesday of COVID-19. She thus became the first lawmaker in the country to succumb to the virus that has killed over 900 others in Pakistan. Shaheen Raza, 60, was admitted...