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Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to Covid-19 in Odisha mounted to 1803 on Sunday with five more fatalities in the last 24 hours, as per State Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department. The positive tally jumped to 3,23,757 as 393 people tested positive for coronavirus infection during the period, as per the data revealed by […]

New York: Scientists have developed a portable saliva-based smartphone platform for rapid Covid-19 testing that they claim can provide results within 15 minutes without the resource-intensive laboratory tests. The new technique detailed in the journal Science Advances pairs a fluorescence microscope readout device with a smartphone to determine viral load from a CRISPR/Cas12a assay. The […]

Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 72.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.61 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 72,201,716 and 1,611,758, respectively, in its latest […]

New Delhi: India recorded 27,071 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours and 336 deaths that took the overall tally to 98,84,100 on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 98,84,100 with 27,071 infections being reported in a day. The death toll rose to 1,43,355 with […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 caseload in Odisha climbed to 3,24,089 on Monday after 332 people tested positive for the lethal virus, while four more fatalities in the last 24 hours pushed the death toll to 1,811. Of the fresh cases detected from 27 districts of the State, 189 were reported from different quarantine centres and the […]

Chennai: Just when the spread of Coronavirus infection in Tamil Nadu appeared to be receding, the premier technical institute of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has turned into a Covid-19 hotspot. The number of IIT-M students who tested positive for coronavirus has increased to 103 on Monday and there is fear that the number […]

New Delhi: Vaccinating 100-200 people in each session per day, monitoring them for 30 minutes after administering the shots for any adverse event and allowing only one beneficiary at a time are among the guidelines issued by the Centre for the COVID-19 inoculation drive. According to the guidelines issued to states recently, the COVID Vaccine […]

New Delhi: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4 per cent effective in providing protection against COVID-19 and has demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy against severe coronavirus cases, the vaccine’s developers said on Monday. “The efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4 per cent, based on the final control point analysis of data obtained 21 […]

New York: An epic vaccination campaign against the deadly coronavirus pandemic began in the US Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves to get their first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine even as the country’s death toll inched towards 300,000 and total cases crossed 16 million in just 11 months. “I feel hopeful today. […]

Washington: The coronavirus pandemic has hit the world like never before. Here are some updates on the COVID-19 cases and death toll from around the world on Tuesday. The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.62 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. […]

New Delhi: India’s daily COVID-19 case count fell below 23,000 after a little over five months, while the national recovery rate stood at over 95 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. The coronavirus caseload mounted to 99,06,165 with 22,065 infections being reported in a day, while the death […]

London: A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, British MPs have been told. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant, the BBC reported on Monday. He said the World Health Organization had […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is ready with all the requisite measures and infrastructure for starting the vaccination drive against COVID-19, said Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Director Dr CBK Mohanty on Tuesday. As per the Centre’s guidelines, priority will be given on vaccinating health and frontline workers and vulnerable groups including people over 65-years […]

New York: Many studies earlier showed that in the first few months after their Covid-19 hospital stay, patients face a high risk of ongoing health problems, trips back to the hospital, and even death, but now the researchers have found that the first week and a half maybe especially dangerous. Covid-19 patients had a 40 […]

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that India is doing relatively well in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, besides speaking about the way forward – vaccines. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 29,000 cold-chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 300 solar […]