Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday said that 17 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 14 of them are home quarantine cases, remaining three are local contact ones. Of the three local contacts, a 27-year-old male...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik announced Wednesday that the government will open ‘COVID Care Homes’ in all panchayats of the state. The total capacity of these COVID Care Homes will approximately be 70,000. Each panchayat COVID care centre will have around 10 beds. People...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 73 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. With this, total recoveries in the state now stand at 3,047. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1273201716448489473 According to state government data as of Wednesday, 4,338 people have so...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries and providing necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers engaged in treating COVID-19 patients. The government told the court it would issue the necessary directions. A...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 175 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 4,338. Out of the 175 new cases, 145 were reported from quarantine centres while 30 were local contacts. Mayurbhanj reported 5 new cases, Khurda 25, Sundargarh 5, Cuttack 3,...
New Delhi: India witnessed the highest number of fatalities due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in last 24 hours, with 2,003 people losing their lives to the pandemic and registered a spike of almost 11,000 cases taking the total tally to 3.54 lakh, Union Ministry...
London: Cheap and commonly available corticosteroid Dexamethasone, used to treat arthritis, immune system disorders, and allergic reactions, among others, may be a "magic bullet" in the war against coronavirus, helping to save seriously-ill Covid patients, British researchers say. British experts say the low-dose steroid --...
Beijing: Next time when you visit a public toilet, put the lid down before you flush. A new Chinese study has warned that flushing a toilet generates strong turbulence in the bowl that can expel aerosol particles containing coronavirus out of the bowl which can...
Kolkata: Fish eaters across the country are in for a pleasant surprise amid the COVID-19 gloom. Fishermen in West Bengal have exuded hope of a bumper ‘hilsa’ yield this year. This is because of the dip in economic activities in the seas over the past...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court observed Tuesday that the COVID-19 situation in India is worsening with each passing day and not improving. It said so while extending the parole of a Punjab based businessman accused in a drug racket case. The Supreme Court’s was hearing...
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