Coronavirus

Sambalpur: As many as seven medical staff of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMSAR) Burla in Sambalpur district tested positive for COVID-19, Wednesday, informed VIMSAR director Lalit Kumar Meher. Out of the seven medical staffs three are doctors and four are nurses. However, in...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide better health care facility to COVID-19 patients in the state, Odisha government has approved the proposal for temporary engagement of 7,000 trained manpower for Covid Care Homes, covering 6,798 Gram Panchayats in the state. A notification regarding this was issued...

Mumbai: Popular daily soap Kasautii Zindagii Kay actress Erica Fernandez got her COVID-19 test done after he co-star Parth Samthaan tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Thankfully, the actress has tested negative for Covid-19. She got the results Wednesday and shared the good news with...

Cuttack: As many as four new COVID-19 cases were detected in Cuttack city under Cuttack Municipality Corporation (CMC) area Wednesday. Among the new cases, two cases were reported from institutional quarantine centrers, one is a home quarantine case and one contracted the virus locally. The...

Bhadrak: The coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep Odisha with 618 fresh cases being reported Wednesday. Bhadrak district has so far reported 297 cases and one death. Meanwhile some people from Basudevpur town in the district organised a mass marriage event at a temple near Balinagar...

Sambalpur: Amid the worsening coronavirus crisis across the state, the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (VIMSAR) was shut Wednesday till July 19, informed Sambalpur District Administration. However, VIMSAR authority said that emergency service in the hospital will continue....

Malkangiri: The Malkangiri district administration in its bid to combat the long-term nutritional challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and reverse migration of labourers is emphasising on the state government-sponsored ‘Mo Upkari Bagicha’ (My Beneficial Garden), a report said. The programme aimed at eradicating malnutrition and...

Washington: An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by the American biotech company Moderna prompted neutralising antibody activity in healthy adults, though it led to minor side effects in many patients, according to a new study from the preliminary stages of an ongoing trial. This initial findings,...

Bhubaneswar: With 618 people in Odisha testing positive for COVID-19 Wednesday, the total tally in the state reached 14,898. A total of three COVID-19 patients died in Odisha in the past 24 hours belonging to Ganjam and Khurda districts, taking the death toll in the...

Bhubaneswar: As a little more than a million migrant labourers have registered with the state government’s dedicated Covid-19 portal and a large number of them have returned back home, this is the time to map their skills to redraw livelihood strategies for them. This was...