coronavirus infection

London: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said a government surveillance study has shown that 17 per cent of the people in London and around 5 per cent or more of the population in the rest of the country have tested positive for COVID-19…

Washington: Without access to soap and clean water, more than two billion people in low- and middle-income nations have a greater likelihood of acquiring and transmitting the coronavirus than those in wealthy countries, warn researchers.…

Agartala: With 24 fresh cases in another battalion, the number of Covid-19 positive cases among Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and their family members in Tripura climbed to 86 in six days, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on…

Islamabad: At least 253 healthcare providers and medical workers have been infected with coronavirus in Pakistan so far, according to data issued by the National Emergency Operation Centre. Based on the report which has data up until…

Chennai: Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy and some lawmakers whose samples had been taken a day earlier had tested negative for coronavirus infection, officials said on Friday. Meanwhile Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate…

Hong Kong: Hong Kong managed the first wave of coronavirus infections without resorting to a complete lockdown, opting for an increase in testing, contact tracing and changes in the behaviour of the population, according to a study. The…

United Nations: A United Nations spokesman said that as of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the entire UN system across the world, including three deaths. "As of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases…

Beijing: A team of Chinese researchers has revealed that cats are not only susceptible to contracting new coronavirus but can pass it on other cats as well. Researchers from Harbin Veterinary Research Institute found that cats are…

New Delhi: New coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet as a sneeze or a cough results in a turbulent gas cloud that could contain SARS-CoV-2 droplets, an MIT researcher has claimed in a paper published in the Journal of the American…

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh): A farmer from a Mathura village, who was suffering from fever and cold, committed suicide to 'save his entire village from being infected with coronavirus', said police. The deceased, Mahendra Singh, 36, had…