Virus Scare

Jharsuguda: To contain the spread of coronavirus, the Jharsuguda Collector Saroj Kumar Samal has ordered for sealing the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. The connecting roads - Kanaktora on NH-49, Lara Chowk near...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Politics divides, disaster unites. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing her party’s full support for the 21-day national lockdown as a...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has marked slots at two-metre distance from each other with chalk at markets, where people congregate to buy essential commodities, for effective social distancing...

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Odisha government on Thursday opened a control room which will function round-the-clock. A decision to this effect was taken...

Brussels: Smoking can make people more susceptible to serious complications from a coronavirus infection, the European Union (EU) agency for disease control has said, citing scientific studies, although available data...

Bhubaneswar: Nine hostels of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) have been declared as quarantine centres to ensure enough beds for suspected coronavirus cases in the Odisha capital. "Hostels...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 lockdown, the Odisha government has modified its earlier order regarding the deployment of manpower for the functioning of different departments classified as critical, partially...

New Delhi: To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, the Centre has allowed doctors to write prescriptions based on telephonic conversations with patients. The Union Health Ministry informed this in...

New Delhi: The number of positive COVID-19 cases has reached 649 in India. 13 persons have died of the disease so far, the Union Health Ministry informed. Maharashtra is the...

Bhubaneswar: To ensure social distancing and contain the spread of coronavirus, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has temporarily shifted the daily vegetable market at Unit-I to Raj Mahal Square at...