Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday issued a fresh notification excluding e-commerce from the permitted list. "E-commerce companies. vehicles used by e-commerce operators will be allowed to ply...

Bhubaneswar: Antibody rapid test for detection of COVID-19 has commenced in Bhubaneswar, the Health and Family Welfare Department tweeted late on Saturday. Elaborating on the serological test where blood is...

Jajpur: Police have detained a Nizamuddin returnee and his two associates for attacking two government officials deployed to enforce COVID-19 guidelines in Jajpur district. Police said the three accused had...

Balasore: A day after a 58-year-old man of Balasore town tested positive for COVID-19, the district administration on Sunday declared three wards as containment zone for contact tracing and active...

New Delhi: A one-and-a-half-month-old child has become the youngest COVID-19 victim in India. The child had contracted the virus from a doctor and died at Delhi’s Kalawati Saran Children’s hospital...

Cuttack:  To ease access to a few essential services during the extended lockdown to contain COVID-19, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has released contact details of some electricians, plumbers and...

New Delhi: As per Union government figures, last month’s Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi has been linked to 4,291 of India’s 14,378 coronavirus cases in the country, which makes it...

Gajapati:  An unlicensed private clinic was sealed in Odisha’s Gajapati district on Saturday for violating the rules and regulations of the lockdown. Mohana Tehsildar Kalyani Sanghamitra Devi sealed Biswas Clinic...

Jharsuguda: Dr Silwanti Jojo collected the blood samples of 184 suspected COVID-19 patients in the district in less than a month (March 27 and April 14) before getting quarantined herself....

Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration is organising an online state-level solo dancing competition to keep people occupied and entertained during the nationwide lockdown. Speaking about the initiative, Collector Vijay Amruta...