Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar:  After finding no public transport due to countrywide lockdown, a 20-year-old youth, who worked in Maharashtra, has returned home in Odisha after cycling around 1,700 km. Mahesh Jena took around a week's time to reach his village in Jajpur district. He started his journey...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Saturday requested his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik to extend help to migrant workers who are stranded in Jharsuguda district in the neighbouring state due to the nationwide lockdown, an official release said on Saturday. Expressing his gratitude to Patnaik...

Bhubaneswar: Four more persons tested positive for the deadly coronavirus till reports came in Saturday night. The Health and Family Welfare department of Odisha confirmed this via a tweet. These four cases took the state’s tally to 54. Four COVID-19 positive cases confirmed today so...

New Delhi: A group of doctors and scientists have sought support from their colleagues in demanding revocation of the suspension of an Andhra Pradesh medico for allegedly complaining about shortage of protective gear for medical staff at a hospital. The group under the banner ‘Progressive...

Rishikesh: A group of foreigners was made to write “sorry” 500 times for flouting the lockdown guidelines here Saturday. Ten foreigners from different countries were caught taking a stroll in the Tapovan area here amid the ongoing 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the...

Bhubaneswar: About 80 per cent of coronavirus positive cases in Odisha are asymptomatic, while only two of the 37 active cases need hospital care, an official said Saturday. Odisha has reported 50 positive cases so far, with 37 active cases. Twelve patients have recovered so...

Washington: If China is considered a developing country, make the United States too a developing one, US President Donald Trump said Friday, alleging that Beijing has taken advantage of his country. “China has been unbelievably taken advantage of us and other countries. You know, for...

New Delhi: The total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India is 7,529, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Saturday. Of these 6,634 are active cases of COVID-19, 652 individuals have recovered and discharged from the hospital, one person migrated to...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Saturday said that there is no evidence of community transmission of COVID 19 in the state as of now and most of the cases are linked to outside state travels and contact cases of existing patients. Sanjay Singh, Information and Public Relations...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Saturday said that the total cases of COVID-19 touched 50 in Odisha with the detection of two new cases late Friday night from the state capital. According to the government, two persons, who are said to be close relatives of an...