Coronavirus

Milan: Cristiano Ronaldo has reported back to Juventus’ training centre after a 10-week absence. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner showed up for medical tests with the Serie A leaders. Ronaldo observed a two-week isolation period at his home in Turin after spending the lockdown period...

Angul: Forty staff nurses had to walk more than an hour Monday evening to reach the Angul district headquarters hospital here from a temporary health camp. This happened because there was no pick up vehicle available. The nurses lodged a complaint Tuesday with the chief...

Brahmagiri: A minor girl in a quarantine centre at the Goruala village under Brahmagiri block in Puri district has alleged that she has been harassed and misbehaved with by a youth. The incident took place late Monday night. The girl, who had returned with 14...

Chhatrapur: Not all is well at some the quarantine centres where migrant worker returning from other states have been kept in isolation. A dead lizard was found in the cooked dal which was served to inmates at Khurigaon primary school quarantine centre under Chhatrapur block...

Bhandaripokhari: A Kolkata returnee senior citizen who was put in quarantine at the Bainan Banapur facility under Bhandaripokhari block in Bhadrak district died Monday afternoon. The deceased has been indentified to be Debendra Rout of Sarapada village. He had returned Sunday night from Kolkata and...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar was declared coronavirus free, two new cases were reported from the state capital Tuesday, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department, government of Odisha. A total of 102 fresh positive cases (including 20 in Jagatsinghpur) emerged Tuesday. Of them four,...

New Delhi: Spitting at workplace will be punishable with fine, the Personnel Ministry has said, citing the national directives for COVID-19 management. In an order issued to all central government departments, it has asked their heads to ensure strict compliance of this and other directives...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 30 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Odisha, state Health and Family Welfare Department Tuesday said. With the fresh recoveries, the state’s total number of patients recovered has reached 307. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1262653793885229056 Out of the 30 recovered patients, 20 are from Ganjam district,...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned the WHO that he would reconsider America’s membership in the UN health body and “permanently freeze” the funding to it if it does not demonstrate its “independence” from China in the next 30 days. President Trump April 14...

New Delhi: Sonakshi Sinha is missing friends and going to work, but doesn't mind sitting at her home in lockdown if "it means that we can stop the spread of the virus". The actress feels fortunate to be at home with her loved ones during...