Cuttack: In the interest of COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has started an emergency helpline number, Friday for all disease related enquiries. The emergency helpline number is 1800 345 8289. CMC tweeted, “1800 345 8289 - 24x7 Emergency...
Washington: North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China. This information has been provided by a commander of US forces that are stationed in South Korea. The frailty of North Korea’s healthcare system is well-known. Everyone including...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered Friday the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in the state with 3,996 new infections. With the fresh number of cases the total number of infected patients in Odisha increased to 1,43,117. Out of new coronavirus cases 2,359 were reported from quarantine centres...
New Delhi: India recorded Friday an unprecedented rise in single-day spike of coronavirus infections, both in number of fresh cases and deaths in the last 24 hours. There were 96,551 new infections that took India’s total tally to 45,62,414, the Union Health Ministry data revealed....
Laussane: Amid uncertainty about planning the Tokyo Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said that progress with vaccines and rapid testing for COVID-19 would not be the complete answer for staging the rescheduled Games. “They will not be the silver bullet but they...
Cuttack: As many as 197 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Thursday. While 49 of them were home quarantine cases, 59 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 89 were local contact ones....
New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) said Thursday it is putting on hold clinical trials of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The Serum Institute has been enlisted to manufacture a billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on trial. “We are reviewing the situation and pausing...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 2,706 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,706 persons, 411 from Cuttack, 354 from Khordha, 233 from Mayurbhanj, 173 from Ganjam, 152 from Nayagarh, 139 from Bargarh, 132...
Kolkata: Metro Railway services in this city will resume September 14. The resumption of services by the Metro Railway has been suspended for more than five now. The news regarding the plying of Metro Railway was given by its general manager Manoj Joshi here Thursday....
Bhubaneswar: As many as 460 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 185 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 275 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 405 persons who earlier tested positive for the...
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