Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported the highest 8681 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours on Friday. Among them, 4948 are from quarantine while 3733 are local contacts. It only yesterday...

Mumbai: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday donated Rs 1 crore to ‘Mission Oxygen’ for procuring oxygen concentrators for COVID-19 patients amid an uncontrollable surge of cases in the second...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday sealed Reliance Trends at Sahid Nagar in the city after some employees of the textile outlet tested positive for COVID-19. The BMC,...

Berhampur: In order to check the spread of COVID-19, Ganjam district administration on Thursday announced that all shops, markets and business establishments except essential commodities would remain closed from 2...

The country has been gasping for breath amid the tsunami of coronavirus cases in the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The healthcare infrastructure is under extreme stress, with hospitals...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 4679 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals in all 30 districts of Odisha on Thursday. Of the recovered cases, 819 were from Khurda...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Thursday cancelled three Special passenger trains in Odisha in view of rising COVID-19 positive cases. The trains, which have been cancelled, are Visakhapatnam-Rayagada-Visakhapatnam...

New Delhi: COVID-positive patients in home isolation should use triple-layer medical mask at all times, the Union Health ministry has advised in a revised guideline. The room where a coronavirus-infected...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday directed the district collectors and the chief district medical officers (CDMOs) to streamline the testing process of COVID-19. In a letter, Additional Chief Secretary,...

Bhubaneswar: The Capital City witnessed a marginal drop in daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday when 844 people tested positive for the virus against 1044 on Wednesday. Of the total cases...