COVID 19

Jaipur: Addressing a webinar on ‘Fighting nutrition crisis in India during Covid-19, especially for women and children in India', several experts on Wednesday raised concern over the adverse effects of the pandemic which are affecting…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to establish 14 more Reverse Transcription–Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) laboratories in the State to facilitate ramping up of testing before the possible third wave. "In the meantime,…

Bhubaneswar: All technical institutions in Odisha are to reopen with the commencement of physical classroom teaching for final year students from August 9. A letter in this regard has been sent by the Joint Secretary of Skill Development…

New Delhi: India reported 42,625 new cases of Covid-19 and 562 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday. According to the Union Health Ministry, 36,668 more persons recovered from the…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Wednesday reported 1315 new positive cases of Covid-19 and 66 fatalities. Among the new cases, 762 are in quarantine and 553 are local contacts. With this, the total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at…

New Delhi: India reported 30,549 new cases of Covid-19 and 422 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday. According to the Union Health Ministry, 38,887 more persons recovered from the disease…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday reported another 1129 positive cases of Covid-19 and another 69 Covid-related deaths. Among the new cases, 657 are in quarantine and 472 are local contacts. With this, the total number of positive cases in…

Washington:  The Covid-19 pandemic emerged from a genetically modified virus which leaked from the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), according to an investigation by the US House of Representatives Republicans into the origins of…

Singapore: A team of researchers here has found a combination of antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs that can be used to treat Covid-19 patients with mild to moderate disease. The team from National University of Singapore (NUS) found…

Washington: Besides the surging cases of infections from the Delta variant, the US is also seeing a rise in cases of a respiratory virus known as respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a highly contagious, flu-like illness, that is typically…