Virus Scare

Agartala: Tripura’s chief nodal officer said that at least 90 per cent of samples tested for genome sequencing found to be containing a highly transmissible Delta Plus variant. Tripura, the...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 fatalities touched 4,534 in Odisha on Friday after 58 deaths were reported in the state. The figure includes past deaths for which the audit process has been...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha saw a marginal rise in new infections, the daily caseload dropped to 2,334 in the last 24 hours, taking the active cases tally to 26364...

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to ensure smooth implementation of COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women, which is scheduled to kick-off in Odisha after July 15, the government has charted a list...

Bhubaneswar: The mentally ill persons who are institutionalised in mental health establishments will be vaccinated against COVID-19 on priority. The Health and Family Welfare department has written to the collectors...

Bhubaneswar: There was a 13% rise in COVID-19 cases in the capital city with 389 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the aggregate caseload to 93,077....

Bhubaneswar: The driving license (DL) and learner's license (LL) services which were suspended since April in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic,  will resume in Category B districts except Puri....

Lucknow: Two cases of the highly transmissible Kappa variant of COVID-19 were detected in Uttar Pradesh after genome sequencing samples returned positive at King George Medical College here, according to...

New Delhi: Hope is running high that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will approve the emergency use of Hyderabad-based pharma firm Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin. WHO Chief Scientist Soumya...

Berhampur: Even today there are people in the world who help others without any selfishness, restoring our belief in the existence of humanity. Madhusudan Patra, 75, of Berhampur in Odisha’s...