Virus Scare

Balasore: Using technology to combat COVID-19, the district administration began spraying of disinfectant through a drone in Balasore city on Sunday. The first trial run of the aerial-based sanitization was...

Malkangiri: Of the 15 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Malkangiri district in the last 24 hours, 12 were local contact cases, the district administration informed on Sunday. All the new...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha rose to 140 on Sunday with 10 more succumbing to the virus infection in the last 24 hours. This is the second consecutive...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha touched 25,389 on Sunday with overnight addition of 1376 new cases reported from all 30 districts. Among them, 917 are from quarantine centres while...

New Delhi: An overnight addition of 48,661 positive cases took India’s COVID-19 tally past the 13.5 lakh mark to 13,85,522 on Sunday. A total of 705 people succumbed to the...

Sambalpur: As Sambalpur district entered the second phase of shutdown on Sunday, the district administration has announced relaxation of certain COVID-19 norms. Grocery stores and vegetable shops will remain open...

Bhopal: BJP Member of Parliament Pragya Thakur appealed to people to recite Hanuman Chalisa five times a day till August 5. She believes that by doing so the coronavirus pandemic...

Kharagpur: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in West Bengal has invented a rapid diagnostic device capable of testing and detecting COVID-19 infection in an hour’s time and will cost...

Cuttack: The SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack has completed one lakh COVID-19 tests, State Health and Family Welfare Department (H&FW) informed on Saturday. Taking to the twitter...

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Saturday allowed family members of the patients who die of COVID-19 to participate in the funeral. According to the guidelines issued by Special Relief Commissioner...