Coronavirus

New York: As deaths in New York City from COVID-19 has reached 16,388, a study has shown that at least one in five persons or 1.9 million there may have had the disease. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that based on sample anti-body tests the...

Paris: Researchers in France aim to test if nicotine patch could help prevent COVID-19 after initial observations showed that an ingredient in tobacco, probably nicotine, could put smokers at a lower risk of getting the disease. The researchers are awaiting approval from French authorities to...

Bhadrak: In a bid to break the chain of deadly coronavirus, Bhadrak district administration Friday morning declared two more panchayats under Basudevpur block as ‘containment zone’. The decision was taken after one more COVID-19 positive case was detected from the block Friday. According to the...

Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration is preparing for the influx of natives once the lockdown ends. Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange visited the Kanamana and Aryapalli isolation centres Friday. He inspected the facilities provided at the venues and also held discussions with officials. Natives...

Nuapada: They have already spent 14 days at the quarantine centre at Mundagaon Government Vocational Training Centre in Nuapada district’s Khariar road town. But the inmates alleged Friday that their swabs are yet to be collected for testing. One hundred and 61 persons belonging to...

Los Angeles: Pop star Beyonce Knowles has pledged $6 million to fund mental health support during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Beyone's BeyGOOD has partnered with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's #startsmall to provide $6 million to fund the mental health and personal wellness services, reports said....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday hailed rural India, gram panchayats for playing an active role in the fight against COVID-19 and in supplying food grains to the poor and migrant workers. He launched e-GramSwaraj portal and Swamitva Scheme on the occasion of the...

Washington: NASA engineers have designed a new low-cost high-pressure ventilator tailored specifically to treat COVID-19 patients. The device, called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), passed a critical test on April 21 at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York --...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Pratap Sarangi expressed concerns Friday over a large number of journalists in Mumbai testing positive for coronavirus. He urged the Centre to introduce a health insurance scheme for scribes covering the pandemic. He said that the insurance should be in line with...

Islamabad: As the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased to 11,155 with 237 deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has revealed that 79 per cent of these infections were caused by local transmission. As the nature of the infection has undergone...