Bhubaneswar: Covid like challenges are likely to confront humanity again but scientists should be prepared to face the same and find ways to counter it, an eminent researcher said on Friday. “Health concerns like the outbreak of Covid-19 will emerge now and then, but it is for scientists to find answers to the challenge,” Prof….
Bhubaneswar: A Japanese national, who contracted Covid while on a visit to India, was discharged from SUM Covid Hospital here on Tuesday after recovering from the virus. P. Takahara Kenji, who was in India to attend a programme, fell sick and was admitted to the hospital after showing symptoms of Covid. He complained of fever…
Bhubaneswar: While detection and notification of tuberculosis (TB) patients in India was already a difficult task, the surge of the Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years further toughened the battle, eminent expert on pulmonary diseases Dr. Digambar Behera has said. Thirty per cent of world’s tuberculosis patients were found in India which also accounted…
Bhubaneswar: Though the shadow of Covid-19 has been on the wane and things appear to be veering towards the old normal after two years, however, there is every need to be circumspect in our daily life, Prof. Sanghamitra Pati, director of the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here said on Tuesday. There was every reason…
People who do not suffer long Covid symptoms can still have reduced attention and memory six to nine months after recovering from mild Covid infection, a study by Britain’s Oxford University says. In long Covid cases, concentration levels, forgetfulness and fatigue are some of the features that affects a person. The participants in the study…
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…
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,…
