Coronavirus

Kolkata: Migrant workers who were diagnosed with COVID-19 after returning to West Bengal and have recovered now have a new job. They have been roped in by the West Bengal government to help hundreds of those suffering from the pandemic. These migrant workers have become...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh reported its worst single-day spike of 70 fatalities Tuesday. It pushed the COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh to 2,585, a senior official said. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said the number of those who have been discharged from hospitals...

Bahanaga: Fisherman Raghunath Das along with seven other fishermen from Talapada village under Remuna block in Balasore district had gone fishing in their mechanised country boats Monday wee hour when they noticed an object burning in the sky. Imagining the fire like substance as a...

London: There is a lot of research going on for the COVID-19 virus. Among the topics being looked into is the effect of COVID-19 on various types of patients. Also the world is working round the clock to find a vaccine to tackle the COVID-19...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the city-based Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) under the central government's Department of Biotechnology, said that the coronavirus situation in the state is likely to improve from the second week of September. This was stated by...

Bhubaneswar: A month after the Odisha government allowed home isolation for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients, more than 600 people in Bhubaneswar have recovered from the disease without having to undergo treatment at a hospital, a senior official said. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy had...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has crossed 10 lakh COVID-19 test milestone even as the positive cases rose to 64,533 in the state. "Glad to share that we have crossed one million #COVID19 test milestone. Thank everyone who worked tirelessly to scale up testing facilities in short time...

New Delhi: Vinesh Phogat has pulled out of the national camp citing health safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Vinesh Phogat is the only Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for Tokyo Olympics. The wrestler’s decision has irked the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The...

Bhubaneswar: With Khurda district reporting more daily increase in COVID-19 patients than Ganjam for the last couple of days, it’s only a matter of time before Khurda replaces Ganjam as the new hotspot for coronavirus cases. Khurda Tuesday reported the highest daily spike of 419...

Bhubaneswar: Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, the largest government-run healthcare facility in the city, has so far collected plasma from 13 COVID-19 recovered persons as of Tuesday to help critical patients recover from the deadly disease. The process, called `Plasmaphereses’ is a term used to refer...