Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 75 new corona positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking the affected tally to 2856 on Sunday. According to Health Department sources, 72 among these fresh...

Ganjam: The district administration on Sunday declared nine villages under Khallikote block of Ganjam district as containment zones after 12 persons engaged in different Temporary Medical Camps (TMCs) in Badapalli...

Keonjhar: A 20-year-old man of Naikasahi in Bangor panchayat under Hatadihi block in Odisha's Keonjhar district died at a COVID Hospital late on Saturday. According to the sources, the young...

Khurda: Collector Sitanshu Kumar Rout has directed all Block Development Officers (BDO) to extend institutional quarantine of returnees in Temporary Medical Camps (TMCs) to 14 days. The reason: Many of...

Mumbai: An Odisha native, who worked as a teacher in Mumbai, reportedly died of COVID-19 on May 27. According to reports, Sujata Mahapatra (47), a teacher of a well-known English...

Berhampur: The entire staff of Jarada Police Station in Odisha’s Ganjam district was sent into quarantine on Saturday after two murder accused tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, police...

New Delhi: Air India announced on Saturday that they will offer more seats on flights under the third phase of the Union Government’s Vande Bharat Mission, to evacuate Indians stranded...

Bhubaneswar: Reports of Dawood Ibrahim and his wife contracting COVID-19 went viral on Friday. A day later, a news channel quoted a source to report that the underworld don had...

A drug which doctors often prescribe to treat blood cancer might come in handy in the treatment of COVID-19. According to scientists, cancer drug acalabrutinib – which is associated with...

New Delhi: Two Vistara airline pilots have tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing flight simulator training. “Two of our pilots, on returning to duty, unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 after...