Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s reported 9541 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours on Saturday, May 29. Among them, 5343 cases were detected from quarantine centres while 4198 are local cases. Khurda...

New Delhi: The Union government announced on Saturday that dependents of those who have lost their lives due to COVID-19 will get pension. Besides family pension, insurance benefits under Employees’...

As research into the origin of novel coronavirus continues, a new study has revealed that SARS-CoV-2 has no ‘credible natural ancestor’ and was created by Chinese scientists while working on...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital registered below 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday. In the last 24 hours, 871 people tested positive for the deadly virus...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that children who have lost both parents or guardians due to coronavirus will be supported under ‘PM-CARES for Children’ scheme. First...

Bhubaneswar: Another 11,513 COVID patients recovered and were discharged on Saturday, the Health and Family Welfare Department informed. With this, the total recovered cases in the state stands at 6,58,646....

Bhubaneswar: A senior doctor, Prof Anup Satpathy, succumbed to COVID-19 at the SUM COVID hospital here on Saturday morning. Satpathy was the Head of the Department of Dentistry at Veer...

New Delhi: The supply of Remdesivir — a key drug in treating COVID-19 — is much more than the demand in the country at present, Minister of State for Chemicals...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday placed the order for 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG), the oral antiviral drug for COVID-19 patients developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Informing the media...

Bhubaneswar: Vaccination sessions will not be held in Balasore, Jagatsinghpur and Sonepur districts in Odisha on Saturday. However, the drive will continue in 603 session sites at other places of...