Coronavirus

New Delhi: A low-cost COVID-19 test kit developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will be launched Wednesday. The IIT Delhi kit will conduct the test in an alternative method said the director of the organisation here, Tuesday. IIT Delhi became the first academic...

Sundargarh: In the last 24 hours, 52 fresh cases of coronavirus positive cases have emerged from Sundargarh district. Out of the 52 patients, 37 are COVID-19 warriors, officials of the district administration informed, Tuesday. Officials informed that all the 37 COVID-19 warriors are undergoing the...

Bhubaneswar: A high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was conducted here Tuesday to contain the spread of the pandemic COVID-19. In the meeting the decision to implement plasma therapy mode of treatment for infected patients was taken. The plasma therapy method of treatment...

Kolkata: Ever since their "guru" has been hospitalised with Covid-19, Amitabh Bachchan fans in Kolkata have started praying for his speedy recovery. While the veteran actor was hospitalised on Saturday evening, a yagna was performed at Kolkata's Amitabh Bachchan temple, which continued overnight till Monday...

Berhampur: Two COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at dedicated TATA COVID-19 Hospital at Sitalapalli in Ganjam district have been missing from the hospital since Saturday. A search was launched after the hospital authority lodged an FIR at local police Monday. Sources said, the Excise Intelligence officials...

Chhatrapur: In its fight against coronavirus, the Ganjam district administration has recently added a fleet of 104 COVID-19 ambulances to the existing ones. While each block will have four such ambulances, four additional ambulances will be with Berhampur Municipal Corporation. Tata COVID-19 hospital at Sitalapali,...

Bhubaneswar: In Sundergarh of Odisha a one year and three months old baby who was tested positive for COVID, passed away due to GM 1 Gangliosidosis, Tuesday. Even though, infants are not playing any role in spreading the virus, they are thought to be widely...

Bhubaneswar: With 543 people in Odisha testing positive for COVID-19 Tuesday, the number of total infected persons increased to 14280. A total of four Covid-19 patients died in Odisha in past 24 hours belonging from Bhubaneswar, Ganjam, Cuttack and Khurda, increasing the total number of...

Athagarh: Keeping the rising cases of COVID-19 in view, the Cuttack district administration has declared Athagarh Sub-division as a Containment Zone. The district administration has banned entry into Athagarh Sub-division. Collector and District Magistrate Bhabani Shankar Chayani informed this in his Twitter handle. “After examining...

Berhampur: With the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths continuing to spiral in Ganjam district, the police Monday sealed the First Gate for an indefinite period to prevent the entry of outsiders into this city. The First Gate, a major entry point to the city, was...