COVID-19 News Updates

He further stated that Odisha has only 50 Covid-19 cases since November. So, there is nothing to panic.

Without specifying a date, the French Health and Transport Ministries said the government would publish a decree and notify European Union (EU) member states.

The XBB variant has been driving up cases in parts of Asia, drawing concerns for its high infectiousness.

Nearly 15.2 million children in the country had tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, Xinhua news agency reported.

Even though the current Covid situation is not alarming in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the Health Department officials to keep a close watch.

Covid-19 mock drills were carried out in several hospitals in Odisha including SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack to monitor the efficient Covid management system.

The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,647).

The vaccine, iNCOVACC (BBV154), is now available on CoWin, and priced at Rs 800 for private markets and Rs 325 for supplies to the Centre and state governments, the Hyderabad-based company said.

The review meeting will be held to access the present Covid situation in the state

The situation in China has reportedly come to such a pass that the prices of essential medicines have gone up and at places, these medicines have reportedly been out of stock. This is because; people are making beelines at malls to buy as many lemons as they can. 

Amid BF.7 Omicron subvariant scare, Odisha Chief Minister will chair a high-level meeting to review Covid situation in the state tomorrow.

According to authorities, a 37-year-old man, who arrived from China, had tested positive for Covid at Bengaluru. The other 11 passengers came from high-risk countries. Four of them have been quarantined in a private hospital and the rest passengers have been kept in home quarantine.

The CM is likely to advise all the Collectors, district Chief Medical Officers and heads of healthcare institutions to strengthen surveillance and increase genome sequencing for Omicron management.

The BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5, which, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-chairman, National IMA Covid taskforce, calls 'great-grandson of Omicron'.

He also said that passengers arriving in India from these countries will undergo thermal screening at airports and those found COVID-19 positive or with fever will be quarantined.