Tag: Covid 19

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload inched closer to 64 lakh-mark with 81,484 infections reported in a day, while the number of people who recuperated from the disease crossed 53 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.70 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he and his wife Melania have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this together,” he said in a tweet. #BREAKING US President Donald Trump, First Lady […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported a single-day spike of 3600 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative caseload to 226334. The death toll rose to 875 with 16 more fatalities in the State. Of the fresh cases, 2109 patients are from quarantine, while 1491 are local contact cases, added State I&PR department. As many […]

Toronto: Experts working in the field of vaccine development tend to believe that an effective vaccine is not likely to be available for the general public before the fall of 2021. In a study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the research team conducted a recent survey of 28 experts working in vaccinology. […]

Berhampur: People who disrespect the health fraternity should face action. Once ordered by CM Naveen Patnaik, these words echoed in the silk city Berhampur as his own government is now being accused of dismissing several contractual healthcare workers, paramedics and pharmacists before the fixed term of three months. The incident has surfaced at a time […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) launched a month-long awareness padyatra on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti today, the BJP and Congress strongly criticised the move and termed it an attempt to cover up the failure and irregularities in the COVID19 management. “The Centre has allocated funds and ventilators to the State […]

Bhubaneswar: With 4,048 patients recuperating from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries in Odisha mounted to 1,94,128. While 683 patients recovered from Khordha, 466 got cured from Cuttack, 195 from Puri, 176 from Jajpur, 167 from Angul, 146 from Kandhamal, 142 from Kendrapara, 133 from Nabarangpur, 130 from Jagatsinghpur and […]

New Delhi: International crude oil prices continued to decline on Friday due to persistent global economic uncertainties, going down further after the announcement that US President Donald Trump had tested coronavirus positive. A further increase in crude supplies also eased the prices, analysts said. Related Story: US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Test Positive […]

New York: US President Donald Trump has been admitted to the nation’s premier military hospital in Washington from where he will be working for the few days, limiting his campaigning in the month before the presidential election. Earlier on Friday, his doctor Sean Conley said that Trump was being treated with an experimental medications produced […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 34.4 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,026,700, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday, the total number of cases stood at 34,495,372 and the fatalities rose to 1,026,717, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 death toll crossed one lakh and the infection tally climbed to 64,73,544, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 54 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.84 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 64,73,544 with 79,476 new […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported a surge of 3053 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total virus tally to 229387 in the State on Saturday. Of the fresh cases, 1804 patients are from quarantine, while 1249 are local contact cases, informed State I&PR department. Cases continue to rise steadily in Khordha district […]

London: In a major finding, researchers have discovered that an effective way of treating the coronavirus behind the 2003 SARS epidemic also works on the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal Redox Biology, the substance concerned is nitric oxide (NO), a compound with antiviral properties that is […]

New Delhi: India continues to occupy the top global position with the maximum number of COVID-19 recoveries and accounts for 21 per cent of the recovered cases worldwide, while its share in the total cases stands at 18.6 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. India has also maintained its global position with […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Saturday issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the use of Favipiravir tablet for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the State. In a letter, Additional Chief Secretary PK Mohapatra has directed district Collectors, CDMOs, Superintendents of Medical College and Hospitals and Municipal Commissioners to ensure that Favipiravir tablet is […]