Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 878 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 878 persons, 396 are from Ganjam, 114 from Khurdha, 49 from Gajapati, 44 from Jagatsinghpur, 35 from Koraput, 33 from Balasore,...

New Delhi: The nationwide Unlock 3 guidelines were Wednesday issued by the government, opening up more activities outside the containment zones, but schools, colleges, metro rail service, cinema halls along with bars will continue to remain shut till August 31 and political and religious gatherings...

Lucknow: Maan Kunwar, from the historic city of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, was initially scared to see doctors in protective gear around her. Maan Kunwar even called one of them ‘betaal’, a ghost, but then she overcame her fears to defeat the coronavirus. At 95,...

Chhatrapur: Dedicated COVID-19 Health Centres (DCHCs) at local Ashwini Hospital, Berhampur MKCG Medical College and Hospital (MKCGMCH) in Ganjam district will be commissioned soon. The DCHCs will have 150 beds each. Moreover, there will be a 16-bed intensive care unit (ICU) at Ashwini DCHC and...

Washington: US biotechnology company Moderna's experimental vaccine to prevent COVID-19 induced robust immune response and rapidly controlled the novel coronavirus in the upper and lower airways of monkeys exposed to SARS-CoV-2, according to a study published Tuesday. The candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, was co-developed by scientists...

Bhubaneswar: After a staff of Rabindra Medical Hall in Bapuji Nagar area of Bhubaneswar tested positive for COVID-19, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday sealed the drug store until further notice. BMC asked 13 other staff and the owner of the Medicine store to undergo home...

Cuttack: As many as 56 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Wednesday. Among the new cases, seven cases were reported from institutional quarantine centres, 47 were home quarantine cases and two persons contracted the...

Berhampur: A clear case of medical negligence came to fore recently after family members of a COVID-19 patient was informed about the death of the man after four days of him passing away in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The deceased has been identified as Basant Kumar...

London: The British government has signed a deal with GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine that could start to be rolled out in the first half of next year. Britain's GSK and France's Sanofi have the largest vaccine...

Bhubaneswar:  The Plus II examination result will be declared during the third week of August, marking a delay in admission procedure of students for Plus III courses. For this Odisha government issued detailed procedure for Plus III e-admission in the colleges across the state for...