Coronavirus

Cuttack: As many as 39 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Wednesday. While six of them were home quarantine cases, nine were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 24 were local contact ones....

Bhubaneswar: A total of 2,015 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Odisha in the last 24 hours. They have been discharged from their respective treatment centres. This information was provided by the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department in a tweet Wednesday evening. The total number...

New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani Wednesday became the latest Union Minister to be infected by coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, Irani said: "It is rare for me to search for words while making an announcement; hence here's me keeping it simple -...

Baripada: The Similipal National Park in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district will reopen for tourists from November 1 amid strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. The announcement was made by the authorities of the park Wednesday. The Simlipal National Park was closed for visitors since the last...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 110 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Wednesday. While 33 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 77 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 219 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

London: Aerosol microdroplets, which are tiny particles that linger in the air longest after we talk, cough, or sneeze, may be ineffective at spreading the virus that leads to COVID-19, according to a new study. The results of the modelling study, published in the journal...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday registered 1,540 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 2,85,482. Twelve fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,284. Out of the 1,540 new cases, 886 were reported from quarantine centres while 654 are local contacts....

Beijing: China has reported 42 new COVID-19 cases, including 22 from Kashgar prefecture in Xinjiang province where all the 4.74 million people underwent tests following the detection of a villager as an asymptomatic carrier, the health authorities said Wednesday. This comes a day after the...

New Delhi: The new coronavirus cases reported in India in a span of 24 hours remained below 45,000, even as the total COVID-19 caseload inched closer to 80 lakh, the Union health ministry said Wednesday. The country's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 79,90,322 with   43,893 fresh cases being...

  Dubai: The versatile AB de Villiers has decided to skip the Big Bash League (BBL) this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The other reason why AB de Villiers is skipping Big Bash is the upcoming birth of his third child. However, he is...