Virus Scare

New Delhi: Kappa and Lambda have emerged as two new variants of concern along with Delta and Delta Plus. On 9 July, the Uttar Pradesh government reported two cases of...

Geneva: The world is in the “early stages” of the third wave of COVID-19 amid a surge in Delta variant cases, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has...

Bhubaneswar: Mrutyunjaya Patra, a 49-year-old government employee, is admitted in the ICU at Apollo Hospitals in the city. He is on ventilator support and doctors have recommended ECMO treatment as...

Bhubaneswar: The inoculation drive in Odisha is likely to gain momentum in August with two consignments of more than 19 lakh doses of vaccines due to arrive in the state...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll touched 4,861 on Thursday with the Health Department confirming the death of 66 more patients due to the deadly disease after completion of the audit process....

Bhubaneswar: With the ongoing lockdown slated to end at 5 am on Friday, the Odisha government is likely to announce further relaxation in a new set of unlocking guidelines for...

Bhubaneswar: The test positivity rate (TPR) in Odisha stood at 2.9 per cent for the second consecutive day on Thursday with 2110 fresh COVID-19 infections being detected from 72322 samples...

New Delhi: Experts have warned that the coronavirus won’t vanish in a hurry as it will continue to mutate. The Delta variant of Sars-Cov-2, which was first detected in India,...

Bhubaneswar: After reporting 295 cases on Tuesday, Bhubaneswar on Wednesday saw a slight rise in daily caseload with 327 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours....

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday  sanctioned medical advance of Rs 10 lakh in favour of ORS officer Manas Ray, who is on ECMO support in SUM Ultimate Medical...