Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,128 on Saturday after six more deaths were confirmed due to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among them, a 24-year-old man...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported a marginal rise in daily COVID caseload on Saturday as 695 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. Of them, 83 are...

Bhubaneswar: The GST Council on Friday extended the concessional GST rates on COVID-related medicines till December 31. Speaking to the media after 45th GST Council meeting in Lucknow, Finance Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Only 68 lakh people, which is 28 per cent of the eligible beneficiaries in Odisha, are fully vaccinated, Director of Family Welfare and nodal officer of Covid vaccination Dr...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,122 on Friday after four more deaths were confirmed due to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among them, one is from...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload crossed 600 on Friday as 628 more people, including 96 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for the virus in the last 24...

Bhubaneswar: Sub-collector office and Tehsil office in Odisha capital was shut for two days from Friday to contain the spread of COVID after seven employees were found infected. Both the...

Bhubaneswar: Are sub-lineages of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant — AY 12 and AY 4 — responsible for a significant rise in breakthrough cases in Odisha? A senior scientist at one of...

Bhubaneswar: Chandrasekharpur reported the highest COVID positive cases in the city where 213 persons tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours. The daily caseload in the city...

Bhubaneswar: Amid concerns of a possible third wave of COVID-19, the Odisha state council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) donated 15 oxygen concentrators to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation...