Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: After four and half months of lockdowns and shutdowns amid COVID-19 outbreak, Odisha government Friday allowed certain relaxations for the month of August to open up the economy. Addressing a virtual press meet here, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said, “The COVID-19 situation in our...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the third plasma bank at Rourkela Friday and said the state has collected 70 units of plasma in a fortnight for the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Patnaik, who inaugurated the plasma bank at Ispat General Hospital...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 772 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 772 persons, 212 are from Ganjam, 116 from Cuttack, 81 from Khurdha, 68 from Keonjhar, 41 from Koraput, 31 from Rayagada,...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday said that 128 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 85 of them are home quarantine cases, 43 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 94 persons recovered from the disease as well....

Phulbani: Kandhamal district reported 50 new COVID-19 cases Friday. Of them, 13 are prisoners and 10 are CRPF jawans. The infected CRPF jawans were from the CRPF Centre in Baliguda. Similarly, the prisoners were from the G Udayagiri sub-jail. Among the fresh cases, while 43...

Cuttack:  Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Friday said that it has withdrawn Containment Zone restrictions from various places of the city. According to tweets posted by the city administration on their official handle, Containment Zone restrictions from Bari Lane, Khatbin Sahi, Parida Sahi and Shankarpur areas...

Cuttack:  Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Friday said that 22 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While nine of them were reported from institutional quarantine centres, four were home quarantine cases, two were paid quarantine cases and the...

Kolkata: They are the best of friends, they cannot do without one another and they are both Members of Parliament (MP) from West Bengal. Now actors-turned-MPs Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty have decided to share screen space in Bengali film. Shooting for the film named...

Keonjhar: Keonjhar district reported 16 new positive cases Friday, taking the district’s tally to 757. Out of the 16 new cases, 13 contracted the virus from two earlier patients. These two patients are now being regarded as super spreaders in the locality. Out of the...

Berhampur: One more COVID-19 warrior in Ganjam district fell victim to the virus Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Krushna Chadra Mandal (58). He was posted as sub-inspector (SI) in the Berhampur Traffic Police Station. Krushna was a resident of Mandal Sahi of...