Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: In heartening news, the COVID-19 peak in Odisha is already over with the number of daily cases decreasing gradually, the Director of Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra, said. Mohapatra further...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 claimed 723 lives in May, the highest in a month since the beginning of the pandemic last year. While May 31 saw the most deaths with 35...

Bhubaneswar: A 20-year-old walked out of SUM COVID Hospital in the Odisha capital after battling the disease for about a month on Friday. Pratiksh Kadambalu of Muniguda in Rayagada district...

New Delhi: India has overtaken the US in the number of people who have been given the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the government said on Friday. “The vaccination...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will launch a special drive next week to inoculate those in the 18 and above age group with the second dose of vaccine against...

Bhubaneswar: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has supported the proposal by his Odisha counterpart, Naveen Patnaik’s, on the Centre’s COVID vaccine procurement and disbursement. Vijayan said he endorsed Naveen’s proposal...

Jharsuguda: A retired government medical officer, Dr Ramachandra Sathua, has succumbed to COVID-19. He was 74. Sathua had been battling with COVID for the past one month. He was initially...

Bhubaneswar: A special vaccination camp for journalists will be held at UPHC, Nayapalli, in the Odisha capital on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. While the camp will begin at 3 pm...

Jagatsinghpur: A 70-year-old COVID patient has been missing from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for two weeks now, but police are allegedly refusing to register a complaint. According...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Education on Friday tweeted to appreciate the 18-member team of NIT-Rourkela led by Konni Vidya Sagar, a final year biomedical engineering student, for creating a mobile...