Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The state government has revised the daily target for COVID vaccination for all the districts and Bhubaneswar urban region. In an official order to district collectors, municipal commissioners and...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload continued its upward climb in the capital city since Sunday as 288 persons tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours. While 258...

Bhubaneswar: There will be no change in the 4-ft cap on the height of idols of deities at puja mandaps/pandals during this festive season in Odisha, said Special Relief Commissioner...

New Delhi: CoWIN has developed a new API called ‘Know Your Customer’s/Client’s Vaccination Status’ (KYC-VS), which will enable a verifying entity to know whether a person has been vaccinated against...

New Delhi: A single dose of COVID-19 vaccine is 96.6 per cent effective in preventing death and two doses push it to 97.5 per cent, the central government said referring...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll touched 8,084 on Friday as Odisha confirmed six more deaths due to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, one...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday told Nayadhar Padhial, a member of the tribal community of Odisha that it cannot direct for use of traditional knowledge or home remedies...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has achieved another milestone in COVID vaccination by administering a record of 2.5 crore doses of vaccines, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday. “We thank...

New Delhi: Two years into the pandemic and the world is still discussing which mask to wear. There have been endless theories and discussions about cloth masks vs. surgical masks...

Bhubaneswar: The active cases tally in Odisha touched 7087 on Friday as 745 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. Among them, 119 infectees are...