COVID-19 News Updates

Lab tests showed that cannabigerolic acid and cannabidiolic acid prevented infection of human epithelial cells by the coronavirus spike protein and prevented entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells.

AstraZeneca said this data adds to the growing body of evidence supporting Vaxzevria as a third dose booster, irrespective of the primary vaccination schedules tested.

Meanwhile, the cumulative Covid-19 positive tally in the State has surged to 11,01,606 so far while the death toll has gone up to 8,472. A total of 10,48,732 people have recovered from the infection. The active cases have gone up to 44,349.

CMC sources said the civic authorities found students at AR Creation Coaching centre flouting the pandemic safety protocols during checks at its premises at Link Road.

Health Department sources said over 50 MLAs, six MPs and at least 11 ministers in Odisha have been infected in different phases since 2020.

While addressing the media, on the recent surge in Covid related deaths in the capital city, he said that a death audit committee met on Wednesday and found that the fatalities have mostly occurred among those with comorbidities.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.

At the same time, while the immunisations remain very effective at preventing severe disease and death, they do not fully prevent transmission.

Restriction on public entry into BMC office has been imposed

All the sea beaches in Ganjam district will remain close for the tourists from January 13-17 to avoid congregation and hence the spread of the virus

As many as 220 students of the college had undergone RT-PCR test of which 30 tested positive

The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the highest so far, taking the total tally of such cases to 5,488.

Odisha so far has tested 2,64,03,667 samples, including 81,065 in the last 24 hours, for Covid-19 while the test positivity rate stood 8.05 per cent.

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (36,070,510 infections and 484,655 deaths), followed by Brazil (22,636,359 infections and 620,507 deaths).

While the number of patients being hospitalised is increasing in most countries, it is not at the level seen in previous waves.