Coronavirus

Kendrapara: The district administration on Friday shut the district headquarters hospital in Odisha’s Kendrapada for 72 hours from 4 pm of August 21. The decision was taken after some staff...

Rourkela: The COVID-19 tally touched 3,681 on Friday with an overnight addition of 113 new cases. The Sundargarh administration has, however, given details of 76 patients. According to the tweet,...

New Delhi: Candidates can file nominations online for state and by-election polls which will be conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. As per guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged second among states in the country by conducting 1,265 tests per million per day, compared to the national average of 580. Only Goa is doing more...

Jeypore: With the highest single-day spike of 146 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Koraput district rose to 2,363 on Friday, the Odisha government...

New York:  Researchers have found that 'tocilizumab' a drug normally used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatments improves hospital survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care...

Phulbani: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Kandhamal district touched 1,734 on Friday with an overnight addition of 81 positive cases. According to the district administration, the majority of 64 new...

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Bhadrak district touched 1930 on Friday with an overnight addition of 89 new cases. According to the district administration, all of the new patients...

Malkangiri: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Malkangiri district touched 1612 on Friday with 81 new positive cases. According to the district administration, all are local contact cases. Among them, 18...

New Delhi: Going by evidence that suggests that the BCG vaccine, normally given to children for immunity against tuberculosis also protects against respiratory tract infections, including viral diseases, the Indian...