Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha went up to 33,479 on Saturday with the highest single-day spike of 1602 positive cases in last 24 hours. Out of 1602 cases...

Salepur: The district administration has sealed a private nursing home in Salepur of Cuttack district on Saturday after a patient tested positive for COVID-19. The person was undergoing treatment for...

Amaravati: In order to promote plasma donation by already-cured COVID-19 patients, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to reward the plasma donors with cash incentives. The state government is also...

Bhubaneswar: After Centre released its Unlock 3.0 guidelines, Odisha government has decided to continue shut down on several bars in the state till August 31, Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Jena...

Bhubaneswar: OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik on Friday warned of the possibility of community transmission of COVID-19, if urgent measures are not taken by the state government. In a letter to...

Bhubaneswar: The number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 in the state crossed 20,000 on Friday with 772 more added to the list on Friday. They were being discharged from...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday informed that night curfew will continue from 9 pm to 5 am in the state for the month of August. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC)...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary on Friday said that Odisha has to reopen further to normalise economic activity and livelihoods amid the COVID-19 crisis. "This is a complex management issue and with...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in the Odisha capital touched 2735 on Friday with an overnight addition of 128 new cases. Among them, 85 are quarantine cases infected by previous positive...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated Plasma Bank for COVID-19 treatment at IGH Hospital, Rourkela. Simanchal Gauda, who had recovered from the infection earlier this month, became the first...