Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar:  In a bid to augment the testing facilities, Odisha government has allowed private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests through Rapid Antigen and RT-PCR methods, a notification issued by the health and family welfare department Saturday said. https://www.orissapost.com/tag/coronavirus/ The department issued...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 756 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 756 persons, 162 are from Khurdha, 139 from Ganjam, 78 from Cuttack, 58 from Sundargarh, 49 from Gajapati, 33 from Bhadrak,...

Bargarh: In a first, a coronavirus positive case was reported from a jail in Bargarh district Saturday when an undertrial prisoner of Padmapur sub-jail tested positive for the virus. Bargarh district reported 13 positive cases of COVID-19 Saturday. While the Padmapur sub-jail inmate is one...

Bhubaneswar: Five different types of COVID-19 virus strains have been detected in Odisha, officials of RMRC and ILS revealed this at a press meet here Saturday. They informed that the identified viruses are 19A, 19B, 20A, 20B and 20C. This breakthrough will go a long...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday said that 126 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 77 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 49 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 133 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Berhampur: As many as 45 juveniles lodged in a government-run correctional facility in Berhampur have tested positive for coronavirus. The facility has a total of 100 minors. Some of them recently developed coronavirus-like symptoms following which swab samples from 72 of them were collected Friday....

Bhubaneswar: Twin City Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi Saturday said that Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to enforce the COVID-19 induced lockdown. According to Sarangi, the prohibitory order debars any kind of non-essential movement on roads between 9pm and 5am...

Ganjam: In yet another case of alleged medical negligence, a young businessman of Ganjam who tested COVID positive died while undergoing treatment at Tata COVID hospital Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Laxinarayan Patra, known by his nickname Nahana.  He was also a social...

Cuttack:  Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Saturday said that 43 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While five of them were reported from institutional quarantine centres, 27 were home quarantine cases and remaining 11 were local contact ones....

Berhampur: In view of rising COVID-19 deaths in the district, Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange has urged residents of the district to keep up the guard and strictly adhere to COVID guidelines to keep coronavirus at bay. "Infected patients are dying because of low oxygen...