Rising trend in Andhra Pradesh: No symptom of Covid, sudden death
Disinfection chemical spraying Adarshnagar after Corona cases detected in Visakhapatnam (TOI Photo)VISAKHAPATNAM: A doctor working at the ART Centre in…
TB still a bigger killer than Covid in India
NEW DELHI: India recorded 24 lakh tuberculosis cases and over 79,000 deaths due to the disease in 2019. The numbers,…
Coronavirus | Ayush Ministry lens on Baba Ramdev’s COVID-19 cure
Hours after yoga guru Baba Ramdev unveiled an Ayurvedic medicine — ‘Coronil and Swasari’ — on Tuesday, claiming that clinical…
Novak Djokovic checks favorable for COVID-19
Novak Djokovic (Photo credit: Nikola Krstic/Getty Images)BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic, the men's world number one tennis player, has tested positive for…
New research casts doubts on long-term Covid immunity
BEIJING: Levels of an antibody found in recovered Covid-19 patients fell sharply in 2-3 months after infection for both symptomatic…
Lack of global leadership is ‘greatest threat’ in fighting Covid pandemic, says WHO
Firefighters wearing protective suits spray disinfectant in Indonesia to prevent the spread of the coronavirus...Read MoreDUBAI: The lack of global…
‘Bug bounty’ helps techies make a killing in the middle of Covid lockdown
(Representative image)AHMEDABAD: The Gandhinagar resident is part of a growing tribe of highly skilled programmers who can scan codes to…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 90 live updates | Goa registers first COVID-19 death
The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, of which over…
Bengaluru: Top brass on toes as ASI gives in, 22 cops test positive for Covid-19
BENGALURU: With a senior police personnel succumbing to Covid-19 and 22 cops testing positive in Bengaluru on Sunday, the city…
Coronavirus | Dharavi turns the corner with steep decline in COVID-19 cases
The Ministry said being densely populated (2,27,136 persons/sq. km), Dharavi had 491 cases in April 2020 with a 12% growth…
Hetero releases drug for COVID-19 clients
Covifor will be available in 100 mg vial (injectable) which has to be administered intravenously in a hospital setting under…
Watch | Role of asymptomatics in spreading COVID-19
A video on the role of asymptomatic people in spreading COVID-19 Asymptomatics are those people who never show symptoms of…
Drug launched for moderate COVID-19 cases
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced the introduction of Favipiravir under the brand name FabiFlu in tablet form for the treatment…
Coronavirus update: Brazil passes 1 million COVID-19 cases with no end in sight
Brazil has passed 1 million coronavirus cases and is approaching 50,000 deaths, a new low for the world's second worst-hit…
What Minnesota’s Protests Are Revealing About Covid-19 Spread
In the weeks since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers outside a grocery store at 38th Street and…
SC stays this year’s historic Puri’s Rath Yatra due to COVID-19 pandemic
Preparations in full swing for the annual Rath Yatra of Shree Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan…
SC stays this year’s historic Puri Rath Yatra due to Covid-19 pandemic
(File photo)NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday stayed this year's historic Puri Rath Yatra starting from June 23 and related…
Steroid dexamethasone approved for usage in COVID-19 treatment in U.K.
The U.K. government on Wednesday authorised the State-funded National Health Service (NHS) to use steroid , the world’s first coronavirus…
Program me the data: U.S. physicians skeptical of reported COVID advancement
(Reuters) - The report on Tuesday of a powerful treatment for the new coronavirus brought skepticism along with optimism among…
Indian physicians reveal cautious endorsement for dexamathasone for COVID-19
Indian doctors have said the reported success of dexamethasone — an inexpensive steroid that retails for less than ₹10 for…
Steroid dexamethasone reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19, trial shows
File photo used for representationLONDON: A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be…
US hands over 1st shipment of 100 ventilators to India as Covid-19 assistance
Image use for representative purposeNEW DELHI: The US on Tuesday handed over to India 100 ventilators, valued at about $1.2…
ICMR distances itself from study claiming India’s COVID-19 peak in mid-November
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has disassociated itself from a modelling study, co-authored by at least two of…
ICMR recommends use of faster COVID-19 screening kit
The kit, validated by the ICMR and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was different from the Rapid…
U.S. FDA revokes emergency use status of drug touted by Trump for COVID-19
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19,…
AstraZeneca agrees to supply Europe with 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
ROME (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine…
Loss of odor, taste added to list of Covid-19 signs by govt
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Saturday added sudden loss of smell and taste to the list of Covid-19…
Danger of brand-new lockdowns rises with fear of second COVID-19 wave
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday,…
Govt mulling to include sudden loss of taste, smell as criteria for Covid-19 test
NEW DELHI: The government is mulling to include sudden loss of taste and smell as a criteria for Covid-19 testing,…
Exclusive: Bottlenecks? Glass vial makers prepare for COVID-19 vaccine
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - Drugmakers are warning of a potential shortage of vials to bottle future COVID-19 vaccines, but their rush…
ICMR: Only 0.7%of population in 83 districts exposed to Covid
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Less than 1% — 0.73% to be precise — of the population has been found exposed to…
A better rate: On COVID-19 healing
June 12, 2020 00:15 IST Updated: June 12, 2020 00:24 IST June 12, 2020 00:15 IST Updated: June 12, 2020…
Coronavirus | Urban slum population most vulnerable to COVID-19 spread: ICMR
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday asserted that the country is definitely not in COVID-19 community transmission…
Europe sets sights on loser antibody tests amid COVID-19 free-for-all
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The market for COVID-19 antibody tests is red-hot. It has ballooned in a matter of months as…
Coronavirus live updates: With 359 deaths, India’s Covid toll crosses 8,000
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 11, 2020, 06:09:58 ISTIndia crossed two grim Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday by…
High household debt, property downturn expose Australia to a COVID-19 ‘double hit’, OECD warns
Australia's economy could contract by 6.3 per cent this year if there is a second wave of coronavirus infections, according…
Tamil Nadu MLA J. Anbazhagan catches COVID-19
Three-time DMK MLA, J. Anbazhagan, died on Wednesday, days after he tested positive for COVID-19 at a private hospital in…
J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai
J AnbazhaganCHENNAI: DMK MLA J Anbazhagan died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday (June…
Lockdowns may have averted 3 million deaths in Europe by curbing Covid-19: Study
LONDON: Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced Covid-19 transmission rates in Europe enough to control its spread…
Coronavirus vaccine latest update: AstraZeneca ‘ready to roll out’ COVID-19 vaccine in September and more updates you need to know
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Jun 8, 2020, 19:57 ISTclose01/10Coronavirus vaccine latest update: AstraZeneca 'ready to roll out' vaccine…
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal unwell, to undergo Covid-19 test
Delhi chief minister Arvind KejriwalNEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has developed Covid-like symptoms and will undergo test for the…
Coronavirus live updates: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal unwell, will go for Covid-19 test tomorrow
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 08, 2020, 15:18:05 ISTIndia’s Covid-19 tally crosses 2.5 lakh-mark with biggest one-day…
Principal Director General of PIB tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to AIIMS
PTI New Delhi, June 08, 2020 01:54 IST Updated: June 08, 2020 05:10 IST Principle Direoctor General of PIB, K.S.…
CCMB discovers more affordable, more reliable RT-PCR technique to test COVID-19 samples
Increased tracing, testing and isolation of people with novel coronavirus infection is an effective way to contain the virus spread.…
Researchers at IIT-Hyderabad establish affordable test package that can find Covid-19 within 20 minutes
NEW DELHI: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad claims to have developed a first-of-its…
Police Tactics Could Turn Protests Into Covid-19 Hot Spots
In law enforcement theory, it’s called the Miami model, or “strategic incapacitation.” Sometimes it’s just the “hard hat approach.” That’s…
Tamil Nadu repairs tariff for private medical facilities treating COVID-19 patients
Two slabs for general ward, ₹15,000 for ICU per day fixed. The Tamil Nadu State Health department has determined maximum…
Sun Pharma to test plant-based drug for Covid-19 treatment
(File photo)NEW DELHI: The country’s top drug regulator has allowed Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceutical to conduct clinical trial for the first…
‘It just hit me’: Millennials facing biggest economic scars from COVID-19
Millennials face carrying the biggest economic scars from the coronavirus fallout with fears over the lifelong impact on young people's…