Virus Scare

Tokyo: Tokyo’s Olympic Village has registered the first case of COVID-19, six days before the Games start, organisers informed on Saturday. “There was one person in the Village. That was...

New Delhi: The government said on Friday that the next 100-125 days are critical in the fight against COVID-19. “Fall in cases has slowed down. It’s a warning signal. Next...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha confirmed 67 more COVID deaths after completion of the audit process, which took the toll to 4,992 on Saturday. According to Health and Family Welfare Department, Khurda has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 2,182 new cases of COVID-19 out of 73,027 samples tested in a single day on Friday. Among them, 1,258 are from quarantine and 924 are local contact...

Bhubaneswar: Success stories of COVID-19 vaccination drive will now be shared with State Institute of Health and Family Welfare (SIFHW). The Health and Family Welfare department has asked districts and municipal...

New Delhi: A large-scale, real-life study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found that two doses of COVID-19 vaccine – be it Covishield or Covaxin -- ensured...

Bhubaneswar: Mrutyunjaya Patra, a 49-year-old government employee, was airlifted to Kolkata on Friday from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment. He was undergoing treatment...

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the ongoing trials of COVID-19 vaccines for those aged below 18 years are about to be completed. The...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that the COVID situation in Odisha had improved in the last few weeks. "Currently, cases are mostly being reported from a few...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that 80 per cent of new COVID infections have been detected in five states - Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,...