Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Centre has written to all states and Union Territories (UTs) stating that smartphones and tablet devices should be allowed for hospitalised COVID-19 patients. This will help them interact with family and friends through video conferencing. It will be a huge psychological support...

Bhubaneswar: The number of COVID-19 cases is definitely on the rise in Odisha. However, there are 10 such districts from where not a single fatality has been reported so far due to COVID-19. Yes the 10 districts have reported positive coronavirus cases. However, all patients...

Ganjam: With four more COVID-19 deaths recorded in this district Sunday, Ganjam has become the first district in Odisha to have more than 100 people fall to the contagion. The death toll in the district reached 103 Sunday. Among the four death case, one was...

Cuttack: A special strategy is being formulated for increased coronavirus testing in Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in a bid to speed up detection of COVID-19 patients in the city, CMC commissioner Ananya Das has said. A high-level meeting was held in this regard Saturday...

Bhawanipatna: Kalahandi, one of the least coronavirus-affected districts in Odisha, Sunday registered its first death. According to details released by state health department, the deceased was a 62-year-old male who was suffering from disseminated Tuberculosis and drug-induced Hepatitis. The district Sunday reported 18 fresh cases....

Moscow: Russia is planning a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said. "We plan wider (vaccination) for October because we need to launch a new system of treatment gradually," the Minister told TASS News Agency on Saturday. Murashko...

Dhenkanal: Acting on a tip-off, Dhenkanal town police Sunday busted a prostitution racket operating from a guest house in Shasan area of Dhenkanal district. Police also arrested three persons including the owner of the guest house, his son and a woman for allegedly operating the...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) makes preparations to keep markets open till 9pm as part of Unlock 3, a COVID-19 infected vegetable trader from Aiginia Alu Gadi (wholesale potato market) was found to have spread the infection to at least 46...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported as many as 1,434 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the total tally in the state to 34,913 while the death toll rose to 197 with 10 more fatalities. The deaths were reported from Ganjam, Khurda, Jajpur, Sundargarh and Kalahandi....

New Delhi:  India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 17-lakh mark Sunday, just two days after it went past 16 lakh, with 54,735 cases being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed the 11-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases...