Coronavirus

Chhatrapur: Ganjam district has emerged as the biggest hotspot of coronavirus in Odisha. The virus has also reared its ugly head in jails of in Ganjam district. Amid this development a team comprising administration officials and health officers Thursday visited the Chhatrapur sub-jail. They informed...

New Delhi: A total of 29,557 COVID-19 patients have recuperated in the past 24 hours. It is the highest single-day recovery rate in India. The fresh negative cases have taken the recovery rate to 63.18 per cent in India. This information was given Wednesday by...

Singapore: Scientists have developed a rapid test to detect antibodies in COVID-19 patients that specifically block the novel coronavirus. It is a development that may lead to faster methods for estimating the population level infection rate of the disease. However, this test will not help...

Bhubaneswar: The state capital reported 126 fresh COVID-19 cases Thursday, taking the total tally in the city to 1,469, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a tweet. Among the fresh cases, 93 were from quarantine centres while 33 contracted the virus locally. Out of...

Chhatrapur: There were 540 new positive cases of COVID-19 that were reported Thursday from Ganjam district. With COVID-19 numbers rising every day, panic has gripped all the residents of the district. However, District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange in a tweet has asked people not to...

Mumbai: Good news is finally on the way for the Amitabh Bachchan fans. If hospital sources are to be believed, both Amitabh Bachhan and son Abhishek Bachchan will soon be released from the Nanavati Hospital here soon. Both Amitabh and Abhishek had been undergoing treatment...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has blamed the surge of coronavirus cases in the country on the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests triggered by the May 25 death of George Floyd under police custody, the media reported. Addressing the media Wednesday, Trump suggested that young...

Cuttack: As many as 32 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Tuesday. Among the new cases, five cases were reported from institutional quarantine centres, 21 were home quarantine cases and eight persons contracted the...

Jharsugada: With COVID-19 positive cases spiking rapidly in Odisha, the Jharsugada district administration through a notification Thursday said that all people returning from eight hotspot districts in the state will have to undergo 14-day home or institutional quarantine. District Collector Saraoj Kumar Samal said that...

Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) withdrew containment zone tag from Gopal Sahi and Pratapnagari area. The containment zone order was lifted Wednesday as no fresh cases were reported during active surveillance. Active surveillance, however, will continue in the areas for next seven days as a...