Four of the infected patients died after developing complications linked to severe pre-existing illnesses, while health officials said hospitals across Andhra Pradesh have been placed on alert and five samples are undergoing genome sequencing.
Claiming that Odisha is fully prepared to tackle any possible resurgence of COVID-19, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said on Tuesday that the public has no reason to panic as the state has implemented all necessary preparedness measures.
Following a new COVID-19 case in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the health department has appealed to the public to remain vigilant.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that just as the people of the country united to confront the global COVID-19 pandemic, a similar sense of collective responsibility and national spirit is now needed amid the evolving situation in West Asia.
Odisha, endowed with a huge tourism potential, has recorded a substantial increase in the footfall of foreign tourists to coastal state in recent years after a considerable decline in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
In a retrospective cross-sectional study of universal screenings for SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 implemented in the labour and delivery unit of Elmhurst hospital at Queens, New York, during March and April, the researchers found that more than one-third of nearly 130 pregnant women tested positive for the coronavirus.
In recent weeks, the US is experiencing record high cases, deaths and hospitalisations. "I thought the US would do a better job handling it," said Gates, who in 2015 had warned the world of such a pandemic.
Till Monday morning, the total coronavirus cases were recorded at 98,57,029 with 30,254 infections being reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the study, published in the journal Neurology, almost two-thirds of the people admitted to an Italian hospital with Covid-19 in March experienced losing their senses of smell and taste.
President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a "medical miracle" and said the first immunizations would take place "in less than 24 hours."
