Coronavirus

Even as COVID-19 symptoms were initially identified as influenza like and respiratory problems, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public health trends, has now come up with new symptoms of novel coronavirus infection. These new symptoms...

Beijing: China opposes any 'arbitrary' probe into the origin of coronavirus pandemic that is based on the presumption of its guilt, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said. "This is an arbitrary investigation based on the presumption of guilt. That is what we firmly oppose," Efe...

Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Thursday said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Mishustin said, he has informed President Vladimir Putin about the development. He is currently under isolation. In Mishustin's absence, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will temporarily perform the duties of...

Mumbai: With the addition of 417 fresh coronavirus cases, the number in this city rose Thursday to 6,875. Twenty more new deaths were also registered taking the case to 290, civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. The BMC said it discharged...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday had a videoconferencing with his Tamil Nadu counterpart Edappadi K Palaniswami and discussed about safe return of Odia people stranded in the state due to the ongoing lockdown. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan too joined the discussion, said sources. Thanking...

Bhubaneswar, April 30: Keeping in view the partial easing of lockdown norms, the Commissionerate Police (CP) Thursday issued a set of regulations to ensure strict compliance of social distancing norms at market places in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The regulations have been issued under Section 28...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Thursday said that two persons earlier tested positive for novel coronavirus have recovered in the state. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1255883723289120775 “Two #COVID19 cases from Rourkela have recovered. Number of COVID-19 recovered cases in #Odisha now stand at 41. #OdishaFightsCorona,” tweeted Health...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has termed China’s battle against COVID-19 as a major strategic achievement. The ruling Communist Party is all set to hold the postponed Parliament session May 22 amid a steady decline in the coronavirus cases. New COVID-19 cases in China China’s...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused Thursday to entertain a plea against the Centre’s Central Vista project which covers a three-km stretch, from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, and includes construction of a new parliament building. A bench, comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justice...

New Delhi: The doubling rate for COVID-19 cases has improved to 11 days in the country. The rate was 3.4 days before the lockdown was imposed. The cases of fatality have been recorded at 3.2 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday. Official figures...