Tag: Covid 19

Rayagada: The Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology University (GIET University) at Gunupur in the district has been closed for three days following detection Covid-19 cases in the campus. The…

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 132.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.88 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update…

Geneva: A causal link between the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and the rare occurrence of blood clots with low platelets is “considered plausible but not confirmed,” the World Health Organization (WHO)…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here, and asked those eligible for the shot to take it soon to defeat…

Bhubaneswar: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has added 11.55 lakh net subscribers in the month of October, 2020 as per the recently released payroll data. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, EPFO has added around 39.33 lakh subscribers during the current financial year (from April to October, 2020). The data published comprises of members who have joined during […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 caseload in Odisha on Monday surged to 3,26,596 after 363 people tested positive for coronavirus infections, as per the data revealed by the State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department. The death toll rose to 1,839 with three more fatalities in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare […]

Puri: An elaborate SOP has been drawn by the Puri district administration to facilitate the Darshan of Lord Jagannath by devotees when the Jagannath Temple reopens in a phased manner from December 23. As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Sevayats (Servitors) and their family members will get the exclusive privilege to have the first […]

Bhadrak: The popular shrine of Baba Akhandalamani will reopen on December 28 after remaining shut for months owning to Covid-19 pandemic. However, first privilege will be given to sevayats (servitors) and their family members for darshan, informed Bhadrak Collector Gyana Das on Monday. Apart from Baba Akhandalamani, other places of worship in the district will […]

Bhubaneswar: Head of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Naveen Patnaik said that the property details of all party functionaries, including himself, would soon be uploaded on internet platforms so as to make them available before the people of the State for scrutiny. “Right from Sarpanchs to Chairmen at Block levels, Zilla Parishad Presidents, MLAs, Ministers […]

Jagatsinghpur: In good news to the devotees, the famous 17th century Sarala temple and Gorekhnath temple in the district will reopen from January 3 in strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. The decision in this regard was taken in a meeting under the chairmanship of district Collector Saroj Kumar Mishra on Monday. “A maximum of 500 […]

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine and said he was doing this to demonstrate that people should be ready to take the vaccine when it is available. Biden received the first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at ChristianaCare Hospital. “I am doing this to demonstrate that people should be […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 73.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.70 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours was recorded below 20,000 after nearly six months while the COVID-19 active caseload fell below 3 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,75,116 with 19,556 new infections being reported in […]

New Delhi: More than 51 per cent respondents in rural India perceive the Covid 19 pandemic as a “conspiracy by China”. On being asked how the respondent perceived Covid-19 pandemic, more than 51 per cent said it was a “conspiracy by China”. Through the rapid survey, Gaon Connection tried to find out how rural Indians […]

Geneva: Despite a number of mutations so far of the Covid-19, none of them, including the new mutant variant found in the UK, has made a significant impact on the susceptibility of the virus to any of the currently used therapeutics, drugs or the vaccines under development, according to World Health Organization (WHO) experts. Addressing […]