Coronavirus

Ganjam:  The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ganjam district breached the 10,000-mark Friday with 368 fresh infections, while the toll climbed to 94 as four more people succumbed to the disease, informed health department. The total number of cases in the district now stands...

Jagatsinghpur: Jagatsinghpur district has bagged the prestigious ‘SKOCH Award’ in the ‘Silver Category’ for effective management of COVID-19 situation. This information was given Friday by District Collector Sangram Keshari Mohapatra. Mohapatra congratulated the administration team for the achievement and thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for...

Bhadrak/Nabarangpur/Bargarh: In view of the continuous spike in the COVID-19 cases, the Bhadrak and Nabarangpur district administrations have declared 48-hour shutdown in their respective districts beginning August 1. In a development similar to this, the Bargarh district, the district administration has declared three days shutdown...

Cuttack: After several persons from Behera Sahi tested positive for COVID-19, traders in Cuttack have threatened to shut the Malgodown demanding coronavirus test for Behera Sahi locals in the next three days. Sources said that most of the locals of Behera Sahi protested after their...

Melbourne: A lot is being said about India’s fearful pace attack and how they would trouble Australian batsmen in the upcoming series Down Under. However, there is one Australian who feels differently. He is wicketkeeper-batsman Mathew Wade who has a different view on the matter....

Bhubaneswar: The number of positive cases of coronavirus continued to rise in Odisha with another 1,499 new infections reported Friday in the state. This information was given by the I & PR Department, Government of Odisha in a tweet. With the new cases, the total...

Washington: Children younger than five years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have much higher levels of the novel coronavirus genetic material in the nose compared to older children and adults, according to a new study which raises concern about the reopening of schools and daycare...

Los Angeles: ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bryan Cranston has revealed that he was diagnosed with coronavirus but has now recovered and donated his plasma. The actor uploaded a video on Instagram in which he could be seen donning a mask. Cranston said he had COVID-19 a...

London: Scientists at Imperial College London have said they are immunising hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine. This is an early trial after seeing no worrying safety problems in a small number vaccinated so far. Well-tolerated vaccine Dr Robin Shattock, a professor at...

New Delhi: With a record single-day surge of 55,078 infections, India's COVID-19 caseload raced past 16 lakh Friday, just two days after it reached the 15-lakh mark, while the number of recoveries rose to 10,57,805, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country has so...