Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As many as 309 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday.  While 83 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 226 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 317 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Ganjam: The district of Ganjam had once emerged as hotspot of the COVID-19 disease. However, with the passage of time the district administration has managed to admirably control the spread of the disease. The effort to curb the spread of the pandemic has attracted global...

Baliguda: COVID-19 has claimed another warrior in the form of a constable of Daringbadi police station in Kandhamal district Thursday. While discharging his duty, the deceased, Bali Kanhar (53), had taken ill and later tested positive for COVID-19 September 20. He was admitted to Bisamkatak...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 3,144 new cases of coronavirus infections in the state in the last 24 hours. The information was given by the I&PR Department, Government of Odisha in a tweet Thursday. Out of the new positive coronavirus cases, 1,825 persons were in quarantine while the...

Bhubaneswar:  A 96-year-old freedom fighter has won the battle against COVID-19 and was released from the designated coronavirus hospital in the city where he was under treatment Wednesday after testing negative, an official said. Loknath Nayak had tested positive for coronavirus September 29 and was...

Washington: Drug company, Eli Lilly said it has asked the US government to allow emergency use of an experimental antibody therapy based on early results from a study that suggested the drug reduced symptoms, the amount of virus, hospitalisations and ER visits for patients with...

Cuttack:  The Orissa High Court has directed the state government and the state endowment commissioner to take an expeditious view of providing financial assistance or ration supply to priests or consider reopening temples which are closed for over six months in the wake of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 3,455 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 3,455 persons, 571 are from Khordha, 292 from Cuttack, 254 from Puri, 175 from Angul, 166 from Jajpur, 133 from Bargarh,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 314 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Wednesday. While 84 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 230 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 354 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Boston: The coronavirus pandemic has hit the world very hard. However, researchers have said that being previously infected with coronaviruses that cause the ‘common cold’ may decrease the severity of COVID-19. Among the researchers there was one of Indian origin. He said that the finding...