Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 607 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 607 persons, 279 are from Ganjam, 84 from Jajpur, 50 from Khurda, 42 from Cuttack, 23 from Keonjhar, 21 from Malkangiri,...

Malkangiri: As the coronavirus situation in Ganjam district continues to be grim, the state government has transferred as many as ten doctors from Malkangiri to Ganjam district to aid its COVID fight. The district Congress,however, took strong exception to the government’s move stating that the...

Malkangiri: Owing to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the district and in order to contain the spread of infection in the days ahead, Malkangiri Municipality announced complete shutdown for an indefinite period, within its limits Saturday. Also read: COVID-19: 2-day shutdown announced in Sambalpur...

Berhampur: Police collected fine amounting to Rs1 lakh from COVID-19 guideline violators in 24 hours ending Saturday 6am, informed Berhampur SP Pinak Mishra in a tweet. Coronavirus situation in Ganjam district has been getting worse with each passing day. To check the spread of the...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday said that 87 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 41 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 46 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 37 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Mumbai: Comedian Kapil Sharma has resumed shooting for his popular comedy show after spending 125 days at home owing to the lockdown. Taking to Instagram Stories, Kapil posted a few videos of his co-stars arriving at the sets of "The Kapil Sharma Show", amid the...

Kendrapara: An 85-year-old cancer patient and his septuagenarian wife have recovered from COVID-19 in Odisha's Kendrapara district, officials said Saturday. Surendra Pati, who is suffering from throat cancer and his 78-year-old wife Sabitri have been cured of COVID-19 and both have been discharged from a...

Cuttack:  Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Saturday said that 11 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While six of them were reported from institutional quarantine centres, three were home quarantine cases and the remaining two are local contact...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday warned the private hospitals of strong action for denying treatment to patients coming from Covid-19 hotspots. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said there are instances of some private hospitals being reluctant in admitting patients coming from hotspot districts. He termed such...

Berlin: Scientists have determined how the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, inhibits the synthesis of proteins in infected cells, and have shown that it effectively disarms a part of the immune system, findings that may aid in the development of novel therapeutics against the deadly...