COVID-19 News Updates

The ASHA worker was engaged in the door-to-door survey in connection with Covid containment duty.

The State government of Odisha has asked the authorities of all districts and municipal corporation bodies not to begin administration of Covid vaccines to pregnant women until the orientation programme for the exercise is completed.

While the AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Europe, branded Vaxzevira, has been greenlighted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Indian version Covishield has not even requested for market authorization.

The Delta variant, first detected in India, is likely an underestimate and the highly transmissible strain is expected to rapidly outcompete other variants and become dominant globally over the coming months, WHO said.

Individuals and organisations across Odisha extended their helping hands to support the poor family of a Covid victim from Bhadrak after their ordeal was aired on OTV

Saturday is the 15th consecutive day in the last two months when the death toll has been below the 2,000-mark.

The efficacy data demonstrates 63.6 per cent protection against asymptomatic COVID-19, a release from the city-based vaccine maker said.

Odisha recorded 2,917 new Covid cases and 45 deaths in last 24 hours

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 30,458,251 cases.

Of the state's 9,16,109 COVID-19 cases so far, 47,776 are children in the age group of 0 to 14 years.

In view of the surge in Covid cases, weekend shutdown across 10 districts of Odisha under category-B is in effect from today

At a time when Covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on the lives of people, some fraudsters are using it as an opportunity to make some quick bucks by duping gullible people in the guise of supplying them essential medicines.

As per studies, the Spike-protein antibodies (Immunoglobulin G or IgG) may last in human body for at least 6-months against the Covid-19 virus. But doctors say test need to be taken after 14-days post recovering from Covid-19 or after vaccination

The outbreak of coronavirus has posed serious threats to worldwide and apart from the health emergency, the virus has adversely affected the education of Migrant children

The State Health Department of Odisha has requested the Centre to allocate the balance Covid vaccine doses under private hospitals share to the State government.