Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Amid public fear of COVID-19, a 96-year-old man has got cured of the disease after treatment at the SUM COVID Hospital here. Loknath Nayak, a freedom fighter who tested...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases in Bhubaneswar went up to 24,288 on Wednesday with the overnight 314 new cases. Of the new cases, 84 are quarantine and 230 local contacts....

Bhubaneswar: Even as 2995 more COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the state, 3455 patients recovered from the disease and were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday. Of the recovered cases...

New Delhi: According to US-based Pew Research Center's survey, majority of people in 14 countries -- including the Netherlands, the US, UK, Australia and Germany -- have a negative opinion...

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...