Virus Scare

Puri: The worst of times brings out the best in humanity. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, both government functionaries and NGOs have come forward to help the poor and destitute in...

Bhawanipatna: Even as reports are coming in of landlords throwing out their tenants working in hospitals due to the panic triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the family and fellow villagers...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday advised all private educational institutions in Odisha to consider reduction/deferment of school fees from April to June. It will help parents whose income...

Cuttack: Putting work before grief, sub-inspector (SI) Narayana Maharana joined his COVID-19 lockdown duty at Satichaura here on Friday morning after performing the last rites of his mother, the previous...

New Delhi: India reported 30 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours taking the number of fatalities to 199, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday morning. The number...

Bhawanipatna: Five days after a 29-year-old Bahrain returnee tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), another youth of the Kalahandi district was on Thursday found to have contracted the infection....

Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha capital registering the highest number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state so far, special waste management systems to deal with faecal matter generated in...

Bhubaneswar: With the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases touching 48 on Thursday night, the Utkal Petroleum Dealers' Association has decided not to provide fuel to people coming to...

Berhampur: To contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ganjam district administration on Thursday decided to install CCTV cameras and deploy magistrates at all the entry points to the district. Collector...

Seoul: In a worrying development, Korea’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) says the novel coronavirus could be “reactivating” in people who have been cured of the illness. Fifty-one...