Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha rose to 958 on Wednesday with 18 more patients succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among the new deaths reported from...

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed an ‘antisera’ for the treatment of coronavirus. It has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha went up to 2,40,998 on Wednesday with 2,995 new cases reported overnight. Among the new cases from all 30 districts, 1737 are in quarantine...

New Delhi: AYUSH ministry on Tuesday dismissed claims that prolonged consumption of ‘kadha’, recommended as a preventive health measure for boosting immunity damages the liver, Hindustan Times (HT) reported quoting...

Washington DC: Facebook and Twitter took action against posts by US President Donald Trump for “coronavirus misinformation” by suggesting that COVID-19 was just like the flu. Facebook took the post...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and other health experts have confirmed the airborne transmission of the coronavirus. Apart from droplets, COVID-19 spreads via aerosols. Here are the differences and how...

New Delhi: The health ministry on Tuesday released a set of protocols explaining how to safely celebrate festivals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Hindustan Times (HT) reported quoting PTI. The ministry...

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora,91, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital,...

Geneva: A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday, NDTV reported quoting Reuters. Addressing the end of a...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 3817 more patients recovered from COVID-19 and were  discharged from different hospitals across the state on Tuesday. Of the day's recovered patients, 969 were from Khurda...