Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: A lady sub-inspector (SI) here has tested positive for COVID-19, Khurda excise superintendent Prasanna Acharya informed. The district administration has sanitised the office premises. Khurda excise superintendent Acharya said, "The...

Khurda: District collector Sitanshu Kumar Rout has announced a seven-day shutdown in Balugaon's fish market in Khurda district on Saturday after a fish trader tested positive for COVID-19. The shutdown...

Puri: The district administration on Saturday declared three areas as containment zone after the detection of COVID-19 positive cases. According to an order of the district collector, certain areas in...

Facebook will soon be launching a dedicated section on its social media platform to limit the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Facts About COVID-19’ will try to debunk...

Bhubaneswar: Political leaders of Odisha on Saturday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission (EC) to seek opinion from regional and national parties on the modalities of poll campaign amid...

Mumbai: Veteran actress Rekha had refused to undergo COVID-19 test earlier this month after her security guard got infected with the deadly virus. As per a DNA report, Mumbai Mayor...

Bhubaneswar: A team of researchers, including an Odia, has conducted a study on the effectiveness of a particular drug in case of COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms. The...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 608 COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease in Odisha and were being discharged on Saturday. Ganjam district led the districts in the number of recovered persons...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Bhubaneswar on Saturday reached 1130 after 87 more persons tested positive for the virus. Of them, 46 are local contact cases and 41 quarantine cases.   ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday led a petition filed by Yuva Sena (the youth wing of Shiv Sena) moving the Supreme Court Saturday against the Centre's decision...