Coronavirus

G Udayagiri: Containment Zone restrictions were completely lifted from G Udayagiri town by the notified area council (NAC) authorities in Kandhamal district Saturday. Worthy to note, bank colony area was declared as Containment Zone August 5 and Champa Sahi was declared August 9 this year....

Chhatrapur: Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange Saturday held a discussion with all the medical officers of the district through videoconferencing and reviewed the COVID-19 situation here. In this second such conference, Kulange laid emphasis on how patients should be provided with all treatment facilities at...

Bhadrak: Lok Sabha MP and ruling BJD leader Manjulata Mandal Saturday said she has tested positive for COVID-19, and was undergoing home quarantine. Manjulata Mandal, her husband, ex-MLA Dhamnagar Muktikanta Mandal and three others of the family have tested COVID-19 positive Saturday. Also read: Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday reported 2,819 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 75,537. Nine more fatalities pushed the death toll across the state to 399, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department. Out of the 2,819 new cases, 1,691 cases were...

Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years. Addressing a virtual press briefing from Geneva on Friday, the WHO chief said that the Spanish flu of 1918 had...

New Delhi: With a record spike of 69,874 infections in a day, India's COVID-19 tally increased to 29,75,701, while the recoveries rose to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 per cent Saturday, according to the Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 55,794 with 945...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.8 million, while the deaths have increased to over 797,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 22,864,873 and the fatalities rose to 797,787, the...

Washington: A US pharma company has successfully tested a Food and Drug Administration-approved over the counter ointment as the first line of defence against the deadly coronavirus that has so far killed over eight lakh people globally. Scientists associated with the project said the FDA-registered...

Bhubaneswar:  Another ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA Friday tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of lawmakers infected by the virus in the state to nine. BJD Bhadrak MLA Sanjib Mallick Friday announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. "Today my COVID test...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that a record1,927 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,927 persons, 246 are from Khurdha, 190 from Ganjam,151 from Nayagarh, 146 from Rayagada, 108 from Sundargarh, 101 from Kandhamal,95...