Tag: Covid 19

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 2617 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total positive tally to 235330, as per the health department. The State also saw 17 casualties during the same period, which has pushed the death toll to 924. Of the fresh cases, 1521 have been detected from quarantines while 1096 are […]

Puri: Local outfit Shree Jagannath Sena filed an FIR against School and Mass Education Minister and Nimapada MLA Samir Ranjan Dash and Satyabadi MLA Umakanta Samantaray on Monday for attending the funeral of MLA Pradeep Maharathy at Puri Swargadwar on Sunday despite having been tested positive for Covid-19. The convenor of Jagannath Sena, Priyadarshi Mishra, […]

New Delhi: For straight two weeks, India has maintained a steady trend of recording less than 10 lakh active COVID-19 cases while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 55,86,703, pushing the recovery rate to 84.34 per cent, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The Centre-led strategies of ‘test, track, […]

Bhubaneswar: With 319 new COVID19 positive cases getting detected in the last 24 hours, the total cases in the city rose to 23,549, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, a whopping 227were local contact cases while the remaining 92 were quarantine cases, the civic body said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Education has released guidelines for reopening of schools from October 15 in a graded manner. However, States and Union Territories will prepare their own Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for ensuring proper health, hygiene and safety of students with full compliance of social distancing norms, informed Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s Technical Advisor on COVID-19, Dr Jayant Panda on Monday said that the patients in home isolation can now get the antiviral drug, Favipiravir. The distribution of the drug will start in three cities- Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri. He said that if Favipiravir is taken in the initial stage of a patient developing […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump returned to the White House Monday night after spending four days at a military hospital where he was treated for coronavirus. Trump, 77, looked healthy. Showing his fitness, Trump in an unusual decision climbed up the South Portico stairs, instead of the elevators, to go to his residence. He waived […]

Geneva: In a special meeting, the leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that one in 10 people around the world may have contracted Covid-19. A top official said the estimate meant “the vast majority of the world remains at risk”, the BBC reported. Just over 35m people have been confirmed as being infected […]

Wasington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 35.3 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,042,600, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday, the total number of cases stood at 35,396,981 and the fatalities rose to 1,042,679, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) published a study a few days ago wherein the world got to know about a virus which was reported in China and Vietnam in the past, and was found in India as well. However, the media sensationalised it as another virus from China that could unleash […]

New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 61,267 fresh infections of the novel Coronavirus, taking the case tally to 66,85,082, health officials said. This is the lowest daily spike since August. Though the cases are increasing, the recovery rate is 84.34 per cent in India which is less that Chile that has over 92 per cent […]

Balasore: Former member of the Parliament from Balasore constituency, Kartikeswar Patra passed away last night. He was 81. Reports said, Patra had contracted Covid-19 a few days ago and his health condition deteriorated last evening. He passed away while being shifted to hospital. Patra had successfully contested the 1991 Lok Sabha polls from Balasore as […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has witnessed 2673 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total virus tally in the State to 238003. The State also reported 16 fatalities during the period, which has pushed the death toll to 940. Of the fresh cases, 1554 have been detected from quarantines while 1119 are local contact […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will take a final call on the reopening of schools after reviewing the COVID-19 situation by October end, said School and Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash, on Tuesday. Dash told reporters that the Centre has already left the decision on States to come up with necessary safety guidelines for reopening of […]

Ganjam: At a time when coronavirus was spreading its tentacles thick and fast in Odisha, a team from Kukudakhandi area in Ganjam district led by local BDO came up with a short movie ‘Corona Tu Pherija’ (Go Back Corona) to raise awareness on the lethal disease and its likely impact on the humans. The Odia […]