Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The coronavirus pandemic has slowly but surely started hitting the financial backbone of the state as well as the country and created joblessness. With the extension of the lockdown till May 3, the risk of more number of people losing jobs looms large. As...

Khurda: Members of various women self-help groups (SHGs) have come forward to assist the district administration and the common people in their fight against the deadly coronavirus. The women SHGs at the district headquarters town here have been preparing protective masks in large numbers to...

Bhubaneswar: The treatment of HIV/AIDS in Odisha has taken a beating due to the ongoing lockdown as the life saving drugs issued by the government hospitals are finding it tough to reach the patients confined to their houses. People living with HIV told Orissa POST...

Rome: Daniele Rugani and Blaise Matuidi will conclude their self-isolation very soon, possibly on Thursday. Italian Serie A champions Juventus have confirmed the pair was free from COVID-19 Wednesday after the second swab tests provided negative results. Daniele Rugani became the first player in Serie A...

Los Angeles: Actress Soundarya Sharma has approached the Indian embassy and Ministry of External Affairs for assistance, along with more than 400 Indians including students who are stranded in the USA amid a coronavirus pandemic. “These are challenging times for everyone, but my heart goes...

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh): The Himachal Pradesh police booked three journalists Wednesday who reported about curfew violations by three brick kilns in Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur’s home district. Incidentally Mandi in Himachal Pradesh is the home town of the chief minister. The police registered cases against...

Amaravati: A communication sent Wednesday from the Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police’s office has said that coronavirus can even be transmitted through currency notes. However, later in the day the DGP’s office clarified that it is a slim possibility. Also there has been no evidence...

Bhawanipatna: 5T secretary VK Pandian and Development Commissioner Suresh Mohapatra Wednesday visited Kalahandi district in order to review the arrangements at an under-construction exclusive COVID-19 hospital in the district. All the preparations for a 200-bed COVID-19 hospital at the premises of Kalahandi Engineering College have...

Bhubaneswar: Setting a ‘Zero Transmission’ target against COVID-19, the Odisha government claimed Wednesday that the state has already reported lowest rate so far as detection of positive cases are concerned in India. Rate of cases in Odisha National Health Mission Director Shalini Pandit said this...

Mumbai: A 55-year-old resident of Dharavi, who had attended the last month’s religious meet at Delhi's Nizamuddin, succumbed to COVID-19 Wednesday. The man was undergoing treatment at Sion hospital, said a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official. He had tested positive for coronavirus April 10....