Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s daily new Covid-19 infection figure dropped below 200 mark after a gap of nine days as the state logged 185 new cases on Monday. The state’s tally has now reached 10,45,656 with 185 new cases, while two fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 8,379, a health department official said. Khurda district…
Bhubaneswar: Paediatric surgeons at the SUM Covid Hospital here conducted an emergency surgery on a Covid-19 afflicted 11-year-old girl. The girl, who complained of severe pain in the abdomen, was taken to a hospital where she tested positive for Covid-19 and she was promptly shifted to SUM Covid Hospital on October 27 where she was…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Covid-19 tally rose to 10,37,056 on Thursday as 524 more people tested positive for the infection. Two fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,298, a health official said. Khurda district recorded the highest number of new cases at 254, accounting for almost 49 per cent of the fresh infections, followed by 66 in…
Bhubaneswar: A one-year-old boy was rushed to hospital in a serious condition after contracting Covid-19, but he has beaten the virus after spending eight days on a ventilator. Aman Patnaik, from Nilagiri area of Balasore district, was admitted to SUM Hospital here on September 21, while running high temperature and having seizures as well. “It…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Sunday reported 528 new Covid cases, taking the state’s tally to 10,27,959. Five fresh fatalities raised the coronavirus death toll in the state to 8,214, he said. Boudh became the first Covid-free district in the state with no active case, PTI reported quoting an official. Khurda district recorded the highest number of…
The Odisha government on Thursday announced new Covid-19 guidelines which will be in force in the state for the month of October. The restrictions mentioned in the guidelines for the month of September will remain in force till November 1. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), PK Jena said that night curfew restrictions in urban areas will…
Covid-19 could well become like common cold by spring next year because people would have developed immunity boosted by vaccines and exposure to the virus, an expert from Oxford University has said. Speaking in context to Britain, Professor Sir John Bell of medicine at Oxford University said the country (England) “is over the worst” and…
The Delta variant of the coronavirus has become the most dominant strain globally, as the other three variants of concern make up for a tiny fraction when sequenced, the WHO has said. “Less than one percent each of Alpha, Beta and Gamma are currently circulating. It’s really predominantly Delta around the world,” Maria Van Kerkhove,…
The first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine has significantly improved mental health of people, a recent study in the US has found. The global coronavirus pandemic has affected people’s lives including jobs and finances – leading to mental distress According to a study mental health among people worsened in the US around March 2020 and…
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is potentially a fatal condition involving lung damage, and experts associate it with Covid-19. Most of the fatalities are caused due to ARDS, and there is a lack of treatment for severe Covid-19-associated ARDS. A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, has found that…
