Coronavirus

Malkangiri: After 35 people in Malkangiri civic areas tested positive for COVID-19, the Malkangiri district administration declared seven days lockdown in two civic areas of the district, Sunday. District Collector Manish Agarwal directed the authorities of Malkangiri Municipality and Balimela NAC to enforce lockdown in...

Khurda: Two jawans from Jatni BSF camp in Khurda district have tested positive for deadly coronavirus, collector Sitanshu Rout said Sunday. According to a source in the collectorate, some jawans of the camp were doing their duty at a coronavirus affected area. Swab samples of...

An Uttar Pradesh Police constable, who was in the vehicle that was transporting dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain, has tested positive for Covid-19, an official said Sunday. “The report came in late Saturday. The cop has now been admitted to an isolation ward,” Ganesh...

Khurda: In view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in the district and to ensure the safety of government officials at the forefront of running the district administration, Khurda collector Sitanshu Routhas has barred entry of public into the collectorate office and its subordinate...

Rourkela: After a person tested positive for COVID-19 in Rourkela Government Hospital, the hospital administration has suspended the Out Patient Department (OPD) service of the hospital till July 15. RGH director Dr Sudharani Pradhan informed that non-essential elective surgeries have been postponed and advised patients...

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan are ‘feeling better’ as they get treated for coronavirus at Nanavati Hospital, Dr Abdul Samad Ansari, director of Critical Care Services at the hospital, said Sunday. The father-son duo Saturday posted on Twitter that they had...

Ganjam: A journalist working for an Odia daily in Ganjam district succumbed to COVID-19 Saturday. The scribe has been identified as Priyadarshi Patnaik. A resident of Hinjili area in Ganjam district, Patnaik was 46 years old. Priyadarshi was undergoing treatment at KIIMS COVID-19 hospital in Bhubaneswar...

Mumbai: Actress Rachel White has tested positive for coronavirus. On Saturday, Rachel took to Twitter and confirmed that she has contracted the deadly virus and is home-quarantined now. "I have tested Covid-19 positive. Quarantined at home. Please keep me in your prayers as I set...

Kolkata:  The parents of an 18-year-old man, who was diabetic and tested positive for COVID-19 before his death in a government hospital in Kolkata, Saturday alleged that he succumbed because of negligence as he was refused a bed by three medical facilities. Even at the...

Mumbai: Rumours surfaced on internet that dashing star Ranbir Kapoor, his mother Neetu Kapoor and filmmaker Karan Johar have tested positive for the novel coronavirus after megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan Saturday announced they are Covid-19 positive. Late actor Rishi Kapoor's daughter...