Coronavirus

Bangalore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said Thursday it will start clinical trials in India of antiviral drug ‘favipiravir’. It is being seen as a potential treatment for COVID-19 patients. The trials come after a Chinese official told reporters last month about the drug’s success. The official...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange is trying to spread awareness about the pandemic through his paintings. He has uploaded some of the paintings on various official social media platforms including Twitter. In the paintings people are seen wearing masks and covering their heads...

Deogarh: After the first positive COVID-19 case was from Deogarh district Wednesday, the district administration declared Thursday seven villages under two gram panchayats (GP) of Tileibani block as ‘containment’ zones. Basudevpur, Khuntaposhi, Jhatikiposhi, Samantrapali, Nuagaon and Kamalabagicha villages under Kalanda GP and Sunamunda village under...

Buguda: Following orders from the Ganjam district administration, officials of Buguda block has opened 120 quarantine centres in 21 panchayats and one NAC localities. These centres have been opened to house over 14,000 migrant workers who are expected to return once the lockdown ends. Among...

Ganjam:  Four buses carrying approximately 217 Odia migrant workers who were stranded in Surat due to the ongoing lockdown reached Shergarh and Dharakote blocks in Ganjam district late Wednesday night. The district administration was aware about the arrivals. All the returnees have been put under...

Jajpur: The Jajpur district administration has revealed the address of the three new positive cases identified in the district Thursday morning. All of them are from Katikata GP under Dasmantpur block. While doing contact tracing of the patients, the district administration discovered that all three...

Washington: A top United States infectious disease official has said Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug ‘remdesivir’ is giving success. He said it will become the standard of care for COVID-19. Early clinical trial results Wednesday showed it helped coronavirus patients recover more quickly. Significant...

Bhubaneswar: With 17 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Odisha Thursday, total number of infections in the state jumped to 142, official data suggested. According to Information and Public Relations Department, all the 17 patients detected Thursday belong to Jajpur district. With this, COVID-19 positive...

Aligarh (UP): BJP leaders from Aligarh have slammed former Samajwadi Party legislator, Haji Zameerullah Khan, for urging the government to reinstate the supply of meat during Ramzan, when the entire nation is fighting the corona pandemic. Zamerullah Khan has explained that meat is essential for...

Jharsuguda: The Jharsuguda district administration has started procedure to trace out all the 31 contacts of the district’s first COVID-19 patient. She is a woman from Brajarajnagar municipality area. The COVID-19 patient works in West Bengal’s Purulia district. She had come home April 23 to...