Coronavirus live updates: Delhi records 3,000 new cases, tally nearly 60,000

India is playing the role as the “pharmacy of the world” during the Covid-19 pandemic with its vast experience and deep knowledge in medicine, setting the tone for many regional and global initiatives, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretary-General Vladimir Norov has said. ​​​​India has so far supplied medicines to 133 countries in the fight against Covid-19, which shows India's generosity, Norov told PTI in an interview.

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow four petitions seeking modification of its earlier order of June 18, which had stayed the 'Rath Yatra' in Puri and all other places in Odisha keeping in view the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. Read full story

Equipped with handheld showers, mosquito nets, bio-toilets, power sockets, oxygen cylinders and more, the Railways' Covid-care coaches have it all to keep patients comfortable – but only if they can withstand the summer heat trapped inside the metal ‘boxes'.

Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has suspended its operations in Beijing after some of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus in the Chinese capital, where the city officials are conducting Covid-19 tests on millions, especially employees of restaurants, food delivery services and market vendors.

There are 4,516 active cases, while the death toll rises to 106 with 5 more deaths, reports PTI.

Covid-19 could be suspected when patients report severe reduction of taste and smell in the absence of nasal obstruction, according to a study which says the findings can help general physicians identify and quarantine potential infected individuals before confirmation of diagnosis. In the study, published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, scientists surveyed 204 Covid-19 patients and found that taste reduction was present in 55 per cent of them, whereas smell reduction was observed in about 41 per cent of the people. Read more