COVID-19

COVID-19: How Vulnerable Are Children? Hear It From Paediatric Expert

Mumbai: Even as India is just about starting to breathe a sigh of relief after being rattled by the second…

June 5, 2021

Vaccine Inequity: Nine Corporate Hospitals Corner 50% Doses Meant For Private Sector

New Delhi: In a blatant highlight of the problem of vaccine inequity, just nine corporate hospital groups in big cities…

June 5, 2021

Odisha Loses 50 Journalists To COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: K Krushna Prasad (40) reportedly became the 50th journalist from Odisha to have succumbed to COVID-19, sources said on…

June 5, 2021

Lioness Dies Of COVID-19 At Zoo, 8 Other Lions Infected

Chennai: A 9-year-old female lion named ‘Neela’ died of COVID-19 while eight other lions tested positive for the virus at…

June 4, 2021

COVID Peak Already Over In Odisha, Says Govt

Bhubaneswar: In heartening news, the COVID-19 peak in Odisha is already over with the number of daily cases decreasing gradually,…

June 4, 2021

Ex-Odisha Medical Officer Ramachandra Sathua Dies Of COVID-19

Jharsuguda: A retired government medical officer, Dr Ramachandra Sathua, has succumbed to COVID-19. He was 74. Sathua had been battling…

June 4, 2021

COVID Patient Goes Missing From SCB, Kin Allege Inaction By Odisha Police

Jagatsinghpur: A 70-year-old COVID patient has been missing from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for two weeks now,…

June 4, 2021

Good News Odisha: Deadly Double Mutant COVID Strain Losing Sting In State

Bhubaneswar: In a good sign, the presence of the B.1.617 strain — the double-mutant that fuelled the COVID second wave…

June 4, 2021

Green Corridor Created Between AIIMS & Bhubaneswar Airport To Airlift COVID-Infected Youth

Bhubaneswar: A critically ill 24-year-old youth, Amrit Pradhan, was shifted from AIIMS-Bhubaneswar to Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in a…

June 3, 2021

Second Made-In-India COVID Vaccine Rollout In Next Few Months: Govt

New Delhi: The government aims to boost domestic vaccine production by booking 30 crore doses of Hyderabad-based Biological-E’s Covid jabs.…

June 3, 2021