Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Plasma therapy has brought great relief to COVID-19 patients in the state. Out of six critical patients who are now under plasma therapy, as many as four are responding very well and are not in need of oxygen support. The other two patients are...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday said that 52 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 34 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 18 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 29 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Balasore: A manager and a pharmacist of a dedicated COVID-19 hospital under Remuna Tehsil in Balasore district were detained by Sadar police Sunday for allegedly misbehaving and harassing a staff nurse working at the same hospital. The incident came to light after the nurse lodged...

Bhadrak: In view of rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, Bhadrak district administration Sunday announced lockdown in Bhadrak municipality and Dhamnagar NAC areas. The lockdown will come into force July 20 and stay valid till July 31. The lockdown will be applicable from 1pm to 5am in...

Cuttack:  Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Sunday said that 16 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 14 of them are home quarantine cases, the remaining two are local contact one. "Active surveillance, contact tracing, and sanitization of...

New Delhi: About 55 per cent of households in 24 states and two union territories managed only two meals a day during the period from April 1 to May 15, indicating affordability challenges amid the COVID crisis, according to a survey of 5,568 families. The...

Khurda: The district administration here sealed the Balugaon fish market on Chilika banks Sunday after a fish trader detected positive for COVID-19. According to Khurda collector Sitanshu Kumar Rout, the market will remain shut for seven days. District administration officials have sealed two fish godowns and...

In a bizarre incident, thieves reportedly feasted on mutton curry and rice before stealing Rs 50,000 cash and jewellery worth the same amount from a Covid-19 patient’s house at Haludboni under Parsudih police station in Jamshedpur, police said. In another incident, thieves stole sanitizers along...

Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 outbreak looms large in the original epicentre China, reports said. Coronavirus is going to wreak havoc once again in China’s Xinjiang province which has now moved on to offer free coronavirus tests. While government has begun testing, public...

Bhubaneswar: Khurda district excise department superintendent Prasanna Acharya Sunday informed that a lady sub-inspector appointed in Bhubaneswar has tested positive for COVID-19. Acharya said that the lady sub-inspector had been transferred from Sambalpur to Bhubaneswar recently and was supposed to join duty at the excise...