Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: All citizens in the age group of 18-59 years can avail of free precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines at government vaccination centres for 75 days from Friday, as part...

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre deciding to give free booster shots of the COVID vaccine to all in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres, the Odisha government has accelerated...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would review the COVID situation in Odisha, which has been witnessing a surge in fresh cases, at 5.30 pm, official sources informed on on Thursday....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to register a test positivity rate (TPR) of over 4 per cent as the daily COVID caseload crossed the 800-mark on Thursday with 804 more people, including...

New Delhi: A new class of synthetic peptides has been developed by Indian researchers that can block the entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus into body cells and clump the virus particles...

Cuttack: At least 44 students of National Law University Odisha (NLUO) in Cuttack city tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. According to official sources, samples of 234 students were collected...

Pune: At a time when coronavirus cases are gradually rising in India, there is good news as far as testing is concerned. A kit that can reportedly detect all COVID-19...

New Delhi: The BA.5 Omicron subvariant is deemed to be immune to vaccine and prior infection. What is more concerning is that it can re-infect COVID patients within weeks. According...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID cases, which had remained above 200 for two consecutive days in Odisha capital, went below it on Sunday. According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), total 185...

Shanghai: A COVID-positive case involving a new Omicron subvariant BA.5.2.1 has been detected in China’s Shanghai. The patient, found to be infected in the financial district of Pudong on July...