Coronavirus

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Health Ministry Saturday expressed concerns over the regular increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, which took the overall tally 7,481 with 143 deaths across the country. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza chaired a meeting of the...

Bolangir: Odisha chief secretary Asit Tripathy and 5T secretary VK Pandian Saturday visited the exclusive COVID-19 hospitals in Boangir, Sonepur and Bargarh districts and reviewed coronavirus preparedness by these district administrations. In Bolangir, a COVID hospital is already operational from the campus of Kalinga Institute...

New Delhi: A coronavirus suspect has mysteriously gone missing from the 'corona centre' of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital. The 22-year-old suspect, a native of Paladi Khurd village in Haryana's Sonipat district, was admitted here April 10. Moreover, his coronavirus test report is yet...

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...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced ‘Urban Wage Employment’ initiative that aims at uplifting the economically backward sections living in 114 municipality areas of the state. According to Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), a total of 4.5 lakh daily wagers, labourers and poor families...

Bengaluru: In a bid to support India’s fight against COVID-19, retail giant Walmart, Flipkart and the Walmart Foundation Saturday announced to provide Rs 46 crore worth help that will focus on personal protective equipment (PPEs) including N95 masks and medical gowns for medical staff, and...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister K.K.Shailaja Saturday said that the state is reaping the rewards of the hard work that has gone in overall containment of the spread of Covid-19. In the state the total number presently under treatment is 138 and in the past week,...

New Delhi: Gautam Gambhir, former captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), believes his IPL side would have won more Indian Premier League titles had hard-hitting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell played more under him for the Kolkata-based franchise. "Imagine Russell going for Rs 50...

Hong Kong: With widespread testing, contact tracing and population behavioural changes Hong Kong appears to have managed to contain the first wave of COVID-19 without resorting to drastic measures like complete lockdown which now threaten to damage economies of several countries around the world, say...

Jharsuguda: Dr. Silwanti Jojo is one of those persons that are fighting a battle against coronavirus on the frontlines. Between March 27 and April 14, blood samples were collected from 184 suspected cases in this district, and all these samples were collected by Dr. Jojo,...