Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: A vegetable trader at the wholesale potato market in Aiginia locality in Bhubaneswar has infected as many as 41 persons, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary informed....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has allowed the use of Rapid Antigen and RT-PCR testings for COVID-19 in private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories of the state following the Indian Council of...

New Delhi: Group of Ministers (GoM) has approved the export of indigenously manufactured ventilators at their 19th meeting on COVID-19 on Friday, Union health ministry said in a statement. “The...

Sambalpur: With Raksha Bandhan round the corner, Rakhi traders in Burla of Sambalpur district are is distress as they find it difficult to sell their Rakhi stocks due to COVID-19...

It was a weekday, so a mid-morning phone call from my parents surprised me. By the time the call ended, my heart had turned heavy for I had lost an...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to normalise economic activities and livelihoods from August while continuing with night curfew and weekend shut at some places to contain the spread of...

New Delhi: Continuing its record of lowest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world, India on Saturday registered Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 2.15 per cent which is lowest since the...

Palermo: A female tennis player who was due to play in the WTA Palermo Open tested positive for coronavirus and has withdrawn. The tournament – which is the first professional...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 772 COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease and were being discharged from different hospitals in the state on Saturday. Of the new recovered cases, 212 were...

Bhadrak:  To contain further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the district administration on Saturday extended the lockdown and weekend shutdown till the midnight of August 31. Talking to the media,...