Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) received praise from VK Pandian, chairman of 5T and Naveen Odisha, for its significant contribution in reducing Covid-19 fatalities in Odisha. Speaking at a ceremony during the ongoing 1st World Odia Language Conference at SOA, Pandian highlighted the university’s pivotal role in establishing and operating five…
Bhubaneswar: Covid like challenges are likely to confront humanity again but scientists should be prepared to face the same and find ways to counter it, an eminent researcher said on Friday. “Health concerns like the outbreak of Covid-19 will emerge now and then, but it is for scientists to find answers to the challenge,” Prof….
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) has been in the forefront in extending healthcare to the people of Odisha and had rendered yeoman service in battling the Covid-19 pandemic by joining hands with the State government, Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das said on Wednesday. “SOA has been consistently extending healthcare to the people…
Bhubaneswar: A Japanese national, who contracted Covid while on a visit to India, was discharged from SUM Covid Hospital here on Tuesday after recovering from the virus. P. Takahara Kenji, who was in India to attend a programme, fell sick and was admitted to the hospital after showing symptoms of Covid. He complained of fever…
Bhubaneswar: The service rendered by the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) and SUM Covid Hospital after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has been remarkable and incomparable, Ashok Chandra Panda, Odisha’s minister for Science and Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability, said on Saturday. “SUM Ultimate Medicare and SUM Covid Hospital…
Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 pandemic having inflicted enormous damage to the global tourism industry, the need of the hour is to adopt transformative strategies, seek new technological options to put the travel trade back on the road to recovery, union minister of state for education and external affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said on Friday. “As…
Bhubaneswar: While detection and notification of tuberculosis (TB) patients in India was already a difficult task, the surge of the Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years further toughened the battle, eminent expert on pulmonary diseases Dr. Digambar Behera has said. Thirty per cent of world’s tuberculosis patients were found in India which also accounted…
Bhubaneswar: Though the shadow of Covid-19 has been on the wane and things appear to be veering towards the old normal after two years, however, there is every need to be circumspect in our daily life, Prof. Sanghamitra Pati, director of the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here said on Tuesday. There was every reason…
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the Covid-19 rapid antigen test kit developed by a private company in Odisha. The kit has been developed by IMGENEX India Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar with intellectual input from Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC). The kit can detect different variants of Covid-19 by using nasopharyngeal swab…
People who do not suffer long Covid symptoms can still have reduced attention and memory six to nine months after recovering from mild Covid infection, a study by Britain’s Oxford University says. In long Covid cases, concentration levels, forgetfulness and fatigue are some of the features that affects a person. The participants in the study…
