Tag: Covid19

New Delhi: After dipping below 47,000 four days back, a spike in daily fresh corona cases has once again been recorded. A total of 53,370 new infections and 650 deaths reported in the last 24 hours has taken India’s total tally to 78,14,682, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the world was still at “a critical juncture” in its fights against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and called for “immediate action” as several countries have reported a resurgence in new confirmed cases. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Ghebreyesus said that […]

Bhubaneswar: The State on Saturday reported 2613 more cases of recovery from Covid-19 infection taking the overall recoveries to 262031. As per data released by the Health and Family Welfare Department, Khordha logged 342 recoveries, the maximum in the State in the last 24 hours. The virus recovery cases also jumped above 200-mark in two […]

Kochi: Incubated under the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), Allabout Innovations Pvt Ltd has successfully developed an electronic gadget in containing airborne spread of Covid-19 by performing real-time sterilisation. The ‘Wolf…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Mandira Sebayat Sangha (OMSS) in a press conference on Monday informed to launch statewide protests on October 28 to urge the government to reopen temples. President of the OMSS, Kameswar Tripathy held discussion with priests and servitors in Baripada Jagannath temple’s premises. As per the briefing, the servitors will bang gongs and ring […]

London: Ban on public events can bring down the COVID-19 reproduction number (R) number, a key measure of virus transmission by 24 per cent in less than a month, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet journal. An R value above 1 indicates a growing outbreak, whereas an R value below 1 indicates […]

An analysis of more than 80 studies reporting complications experienced by Covid-19 patients has revealed that about one-third of them have abnormalities in the frontal lobe of the brain, findings which shed light on the neurological symptoms of the disease. The review of studies, published in Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, focused on abnormalities detected […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s recovery graph continues to move upwards steadily with 2,015 more patients getting cured of Coronavirus infection in a span of 24 hours. With this, the cumulative COVID-19 recoveries in the state reached 2,70,130. As per the information provided by the Health and Family Welfare Department, the district of Khordha reported the maximum (312) […]

New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday became the latest Union Minister to be infected by coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, Irani said: “It is rare for me to search for words while making an announcement; hence here’s me keeping it simple – I’ve tested positive for COVID and would request those […]

New York: In a major study, researchers have discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19. Since it began spreading in early 2020, biomedical researchers have been in active pursuit of an effective vaccine. According to the study, published in the journal Advanced […]

Bhubaneswar: With detection of 87 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the total virus tally in the capital city rose to 29072, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, 68 are local contacts while the remaining 19 are from quarantine, the civic body said […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 45.4 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,187,020, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 45,477,552 and 1,187,023, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. […]

New Delhi: With 48,648 fresh COVID-19 infections, India’s caseload rose to 81,37,119 on Saturday, while the number of recoveries crossed the 74-lakh mark, pushing the recovery rate to 91.34 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 1,21,641 with 551 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]

Bhubaneswar: With a single-day spike of 1470 Covid-19 cases, Odisha’s virus tally went up to 2,90,116 on Saturday. Of the fresh cases, 853 patients are from quarantine, while 617 are local contact cases, informed State I&PR department. The death toll in the State has climbed to 1320 with 12 more fatalities in the last 24 […]

New Delhi: Fears of a slower global recovery due to rising cases of Covid-19 infections in Europe and the US will cast pressure on the Indian rupee next week. Additionally, the rupee is expected to get weaker on account of uncertainties prevailing on the back of upcoming US Presidential Election which will be held on […]