Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: A group of Sikh youths has been rendering yeoman’s service to the residents of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being active members of Sikh Aid, a city-based...

Bhubaneswar: The number of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Odisha has touched 867. The state now has 49075 active cases. While 412 patients were admitted to...

Bhubaneswar: The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in Odisha touched 16.64 per cent on Monday (April 26) with 6599 of 39642 samples testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours....

New Delhi: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella promised help to India as the country battles a ravaging coronavirus second wave that has left hospitals overwhelmed and supplies...

Bhubaneswar: Fifteen districts in Odisha slipped into the red zone with over 1000 active cases on Monday with 6,955 new COVID-19 cases being reported in the last 24 hours. According...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 1,997 on Monday with nine more people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department sources, the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 6599 COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours on Sunday. This was the fifth straight day the state has recorded more than 6000 cases. With this,...

New Delhi: The United States will “immediately” make sources available for raw materials needed to increase production of coronavirus vaccine Covishield, of which there is a critical shortage in India....

Bhubaneswar: With chief minister Naveen Patnaik announcing free vaccines for all above 18 years of age, the Odisha government on Sunday ordered over 3.87 crore vaccines from two companies. Additional...

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Sunday imposed a total ban on the use of liquid oxygen for non-medical purposes, to deal with the acute shortage of medical oxygen...