Coronavirus

Khurda: To keep a strict vigil on lockdown violators, the Khurda district administration has decided to form the Rapid Response Team (RRT). The RRT will make sure the lockdown guidelines are followed without fail in the entire district, informed Khurda collector Sitanshu Kumar Rout. The...

Paralakhemundi: As the state Government has decided to treat coronavirus patients in separate hospitals, a standalone COVID Care Centre with 110 beds was made operational here in Gajapati district Wednesday. Gajapati Collector Anupam Saha inaugurated the facility, developed by the state Government and funded by Odisha...

Papadahandi: Following state government advisory, the block administration in Papadahandi under Nabarangpur district delivered old-age pension to beneficiaries’ at their doorsteps. On Wednesday, the block administration distributed pension to 465 beneficiaries from 23 panchayats. Notably the state government had issued an order; the monthly old-age...

Beijing/Wuhan: Tens of thousands of people in Wuhan, the origin point and epicentre for the coronavirus pandemic, began travelling out of the sprawling city Wednesday as China lifted its 73-day lockdown, even as the number of fresh COVID-19 cases crossed 1,000 in the country and...

New York: Researchers have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS, a close cousin of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The vaccine uses a harmless virus to deliver a MERS coronavirus protein into cells to generate an immune...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Tuesday said he would put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of becoming China-centric during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We’re going to...

Moscow: The head of a top Russian research centre told President Vladimir Putin Tuesday that his lab was ready to start human trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines in June. Rinat Maksyutov, head of the Vektor State Virology and Biotechnology Centre, said his facility proposed first-phase...

Bolangir: Instances of PDS beneficiaries defying restrictions and social distancing order have been reported from parts of Bolangir district Wednesday. This has spread anger and panic among the netizens here. People in huge numbers gathered around a school to collect their ration despite repeated warnings...

Bhubaneswar: Two AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force arrived in Bhubaneswar Wednesday with 19 officers and 3,500 kilograms of medical supplies. The two planes were brought in from the ICMR in Tambaram. The arrival of the goods will strengthen the sample testing infrastructure related...

New Delhi: Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, who was one of the first leaders to advocate for the lockdown, Wednesday suggested that before any decision on lifting of the lockdown is taken, states should be consulted. He also demanded that the government give cash to...