COVID-19 News Updates

Studies have shown that following vaccination the chances of hospitalisation reduce by 75-80 per cent even after contracting Covid and oxygen requirement comes down to 8 per cent, the government said on Friday.

The country's Covid curve can be flattened by July end if the government is able to vaccinate a whopping 90-lakh people a day, said healthcare expert at a webinar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the second wave of the pandemic illustrated the kind of challenges that the virus may present to us and the country needs to stay prepared to meet these challenges.

By June 7, as many as 63 genomes of 'Delta Plus' variant have been identified across the globe. Out of these, 6 cases were reported from India. If the numbers are compared, we are safe and therefore is no need to be scared.

Administering convalescent plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients can dramatically improve the likelihood of survival among blood cancer patients hospitalized with the deadly virus, according to a study.

The 28-year-old succumbed to Covid-19 just four days before his scheduled marriage on June 18, leaving his family, relatives and villagers in a state of shock and grief.

With 62,480 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 2,97,62,793, while the death toll climbed to 3,83,490 with 1,587 fresh fatalities, the lowest in 61 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The SARS-CoV-2 sero-positivity rate among children is high and comparable to the adult population and hence, it is unlikely that any future third wave of the prevailing COVID-19 variant would disproportionately affect children aged two years and above, according to the interim findings of an ongoing study conducted in the country.

The number of deaths due to Covid-19 continues unabated with 37 more patients succumbing to the virus in Odisha in the last 24 hours even as new infection dropped significantly to 3806 in the State. 

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 177.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As per the announcement, Rs 207 crore has been allocated to all landless farmers which will be disbursed in three installments. The landless farmers under State-sponsored KALIA scheme will get an additional Rs 1,000 assistance in view of Covid-19.

The Odisha government on Thursday constituted a technical committee comprising experts to study reports of Coronavirus infections amongst people in the State who have completed the full schedule of Covid-19 vaccination.  

As Odisha gets on with the unlock process with new rules coming up for the period of June 17 - 30, the General Administration department on Thursday directed all the State government offices to work with 50% staff strength till June 30.

In a glaring instance of rigid beliefs and misinformation about coronavirus, the residents of Jurudi village in Rayagada fled after seeing members of the Serosurvey team which had visited the area to collect samples for testing.

Tapu Mishra’s health condition continues to deteriorate for the past couple of days and she needs to be shifted to outside State for advance treatment, said her sister Dhrutidipa Mishra.