Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], August 23 (ANI): Unable to repay a loan of Rs 2 lakh, a farmer from Karnataka's Belgaum district consumed poison, but he had to sleep on a bench outside a government hospital in Chikodi as it was giving priority to COVID-19 patients, district health officials sai
Washington DC [USA], Aug 23 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers studying tissue removed from patients' noses during surgery believe they may have discovered the reason why so many people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell, even when they have no other symptoms.
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): India's COVID-19 cases tally crossed 30-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 69,239 cases, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Sunday.
Beijing [China], Aug 23 (ANI/Sputnik): China registered 12 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours while 44 COVID-19 patients recovered over that period, the country's National Health Commission said on Sunday.
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): As many as 90 patients are asymptomatic among 97 new COVID-19 cases reported in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, the State Health Department informed.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): A case was registered against two unidentified persons for allegedly pelting stones at a house of COVID-19 patients in Alappuzha on Saturday morning.
Washington D.C. [USA], August 22 (ANI): A team of researchers after studying tissue removed from patients' noses during surgery believe they may have discovered the reason why so many people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell, even when they have no other symptoms.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): In Uttar Pradesh, treatment of COVID-19 patients referred by the district authorities to private hospitals will be done as per the rates charged under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National General Secretary and MLC Nara Lokesh on Saturday slammed the YSRCP Government for not implementing its promise with respect to funeral expenses for COVID patients and leaving the common people to their fate.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 22 (ANI): Karnataka government on Friday issued guidelines for the usage of oxygen after an expert committee ruled that there was excessive use of oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 patients.
Washington [US], Aug 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a data breach that may have exposed the identities of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in the state of South Dakota, the Rapid City Journal reported.
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 21 (ANI): Three Indian pharmaceutical companies have started supplying Nepal with life-saving anti-viral Remdesivir to be used for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.