COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: Thirty-one students of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) have tested positive for COVID-19, informed Jatni tehsildar Tapan Mohapatra on Tuesday. The affected hostel has been...

Paris: A new variant of Coronavirus -- B.1.640.2 -- is believed to have infected at least 12 persons in France. The variant, temporarily named ‘IHU’, has 46 mutations, even more than...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday sealed the DCP’s office at Vani Vihar here for two days after several COVID-19 cases were detected. The office has been declared...

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday imposed curbs on physical attendance of employees at government offices till January 31 in view of a spike in COVID-19 and Omicron cases in...

New Delhi: The third wave of COVID-19 has started in the country, Dr NK Arora, the head of the country's vaccine task force, told NDTV on Monday. According to him,...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has tested positive for COVID-19. He is in home isolation. "I have tested positive for COVID. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home....

Bhubaneswar: The state successfully conducted the vaccination drive for children in the 15-17 age groups amid the fears of a surge in COVID-19 and Omicron cases. On the first day...

Mumbai: Prem Chopra and his wife Uma Chopra tested positive for coronavirus and were admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here on Monday. “They both have received the monoclonal antibody cocktail...

Panaji: Sixty-six people on board the Mumbai-Goa Cordelia cruise ship have tested positive for COVID-19. Samples of all 2000-odd passengers were tested after a crew member contracted the coronavirus disease,...

Bhubaneswar: The state Health Department on Monday reviewed preparedness to deal with Omicron cases, which are rising in Odisha. The meeting, chaired by Health Minister Naba Das, comes a day...