Coronavirus

Puri: Days after taking part in Pradeep Maharathy’s funeral at Swargdwar despite himself testing positive for COVID-19, Satyabadi BJD MLA Umakant Samantray Saturday released a video apologising for his mistake. “I will readily accept whatever legal action is taken against me,” the MLA said while...

New Delhi: It has been evident that the impact of COVID-19 is way beyond influenza like conditions. Over the last few months, doctors and medical officials have realised that COVID 19 affects many more organs than just the lungs or the respiratory tract. Dr. Dinesh...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll breached the 1,000-mark in Odisha after 15 more corona patients died of the virus in the last 24 hours, informed a health official Saturday. The number of fatalities reached 1,006 in the state. Five deaths were reported from Khordha district, two...

Balasore: Killer pandemic COVID-19 ravaged a family by claiming the lives of two brothers in less than three weeks time at Santaragadia area under Oupada block in Balasore district. The first victim was Ananta Panigrahi, an employee of Panchalingeswar College. While undergoing treatment at Balasore...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,854 new cases of COVID-19 infections Saturday according to a tweet by I&PR Department, Government of Odisha. The department said that among the new cases 1,659 persons were in quarantine. The remainder of the newly-infected persons contracted the disease by coming in...

London: Being a man, having a lower income, a lower level of education, not being married, and being born in low-or middle-income countries -- these are factors that relate to an elevated risk of dying from Covid-19, warn researchers. "We can show that there are...

New Delhi:  The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, may linger on human skin for nine hours, much longer than the flu viruses can, according to a study. The influenza A virus (IAV), in contrast, remained viable on human skin for nearly two hours, said the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 3,404 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 3,404 persons, 602 are from Khordha, 374 from Cuttack, 289 from Puri, 148 from Balasore, 130 from Mayurbhanj, 130 from Sambalpur,...

Cuttack: As many as 145 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 46 of them were home quarantine cases, 30 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 69 were local contact ones....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 316 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Friday. While 84 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 232 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 326 persons who earlier tested positive for the...