Virus Scare

New Delhi: Amid the Omicron sub-variant BF.7 scare, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday announced that the RT-PCR test would be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan,...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a surge of infections in China and BF.7 sub-variant scare, the Odisha government on Friday issued a fresh COVID-19 advisory considering the upcoming festival season and New Year celebrations: It...

Ahmedabad: Two more international passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Gujarat. A 27-year-old Taiwanese woman who travelled from Australia to Rajkot with her fiance, was found to...

Bhubaneswar: In view of rising cases of infections across the globe due to Omicron variant BF.7, the Odisha government will be issuing a fresh advisory, asking people to adhere to...

Bhubaneswar: Precautionary doses of COVID -19 are available in 12 private hospitals across Odisha, including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal and Sundargarh, Health Director Bijay Panigrahi informed on Friday. "Free vaccination...

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech's intranasal COVID vaccine has been approved by the Union Health Ministry for inclusion in the vaccination programme as a booster dose for those above 18 years...

The latest survey received over 19,000 responses from citizens located in 309 districts across the country.

Bhubaneswar: Amid the threat of a renewed COVID surge, the Odisha government is planning to resume random testing and whole genome sequencing of foreign returnees from December 24 (Saturday). According...

New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday issued guidelines for random screening of international passengers in the wake of a major spike in COVID-19 cases in China and some other...

Agra: India is on alert in the wake of a sharp surge in COVID-positive cases in China and other countries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned that the pandemic is not...