Virus Scare

Berhampur: Odisha legislator Srikant Sahu and his wife have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. He is an MLA from Polasara in Ganjam district. He is the third BJD MLA to...

Rourkela: The Sundargarh district reported 56 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total infection tally to 973. While sharing details of the patients, the district...

Puri: A group clash erupted at Nisibhanar in Puri district after a villager reportedly escaped from a quarantine centre and later tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Bombs were hurled...

Bhubaneswar: The sub-post office at IRC Village in Odisha capital was temporarily shut on Friday after a staffer posted there tested COVID-19 positive. In a letter, Senior Superintendent of Post...

Malkangiri: The south Odisha district of Malkangiri reported nine COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, which took the affected tally to 381. Giving details, Collector Manish Agarwal said...

Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha, a COVID-19 patient treated with convalescent plasma therapy has recovered from the disease. Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday identified the patient as...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly will remain shut till July 31. The decision was taken after five staffers tested positive for COVID-19. "After BJP’s Nilagiri MLA Sukant Nayak tested positive, swab...

Bhubaneswar: A homoeopathic doctor in Odisha's Kandhamal district did not get a dignified burial as the villagers suspected that he had died due to COVID-19. The 55-year-old doctor belonged to...

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 positive cases in Bhadrak district went up to 484 on Friday with the highest single-day spike of 60 cases in the last 24 hours. Besides one more...

Khurda: Eleven more police personnel in the district have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Khurda administration informed on Friday These police personnel were posted in...