Coronavirus

Kolkata: A 78-year-old man Saturday claimed to have murdered his specially-abled middle aged son here over his apparent refusal to wear mask amid the Covid-19 induced lockdown, the police said. Banshidhar Mallick, a resident of Shovabazar in North Kolkata, went to the Shyampukur Police Station...

Washington: Genetic variability in the human immune system may affect susceptibility to, and severity of infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The findings published in the Journal of Virology may help shed new light into the puzzling question of why...

London: As the ongoing lockdown in the UK has been extended for at least another three weeks without a clear exit strategy, economists have said that the country's economy could face the deepest recession in a century. Thursday, the government announced that the current restrictive measures,...

Wuhan: Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province where the global coronavirus pandemic originated last December, has now been classified as a low-risk area as the city has not reported a new COVID-19 case in the last 14 days, authorities said. By the end of Friday,...

Guwahati: Amid controversy in Assam, the state government would not, for now, use the 50,000 PPE kits that it imported from China, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Saturday. Assam was the first state in India which directly ordered the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)...

Madrid: The COVID-19 pandemic continued to hit Europe, as more deaths were registered Saturday in the continent, especially in those worst-affected countries. Spain became the second European country to have over 20,000 deaths after Italy, while fatalities in France and Britain passed 19,000 and 15,000...

With COVID-19 outbreak taking thousands of lives across the globe, it is natural for most people to worry about surfaces that are likely to harbour coronavirus – especially the ones that come to the home and how to get rid of them. Even though a...

People who are older or have underlying diseases like diabetes may be at a higher risk of death from the new coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The observational study was carried on 191 patients with confirmed COVID-19 from two hospitals in...

Washington: In a bid to find solutions that can address shortage of critical medical equipment like ventilators in tackling the COVID-19 crisis, the US space agency has joined forces with a task force in California to build medical devices to help patients infected with the...

New Delhi: Permit industrial activities in non-containment areas of red zone districts, ‘if found safe’, industry body Confederation of Indian Industry has suggested to the Centre. In a communication to the Centre, the CII called for certain modifications in the guidelines issued for the resumption...