Virus Scare

New Delhi: As new COVID-19 strains are being detected in different countries, a worried Indian government on Thursday made RT-PCR test mandatory for travellers arriving from seven more countries including...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is closely watching a new coronavirus variant, termed Mu or B.1.621, after it showed signs of possible resistance to vaccines. Mu has been classified as...

Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department of Odisha government has come up with an ingenious way to spread awareness regarding the importance of wearing a double mask at...

New Delhi: Indian users can now get COVID-19 vaccine-related information from Google Search, Google Maps and the Google Voice Assistants. Google announced that it will display COVID-19 vaccination-related information such...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll in Odisha touched 8,028 on Thursday with six more deaths being confirmed after an audit. Among the new fatalities, the highest 4 was reported from Bhubaneswar....

New Delhi: Apparently, it is not enough to survive from COVID-19 for it has now been found that the infection can lead to slow, painless and silent damage of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has seen a marginal rise in COVID-19 infections in the last two days after the state government decided to withdraw the weekend shutdown and revise night curfew on...

New Delhi: Children in at least five states and union territories got back to school on Wednesday with COVID-19 protocols. Amid the concern of parents and reluctance of children, trust...

Bhubaneswar: The recovered patients outnumbered the daily COVID caseload in the city for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), 171 persons tested positive for...

Bhubaneswar: Bollywood filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan has tested positive for COVID-19. Farah took to social media on Wednesday to confirm the news and said that she contracted the virus...