Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday extended the COVID partial lockdown by 15 more days till July 16. The ongoing restrictions will end at 5 am on Thursday. Briefing the media, Chief...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to frame guidelines to pay ex-gratia compensation to the families of those who died due to COVID-19. A three-judge bench...

New Delhi: Private hospitals will no longer be allowed to directly procure COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers from July 1. They will have to place orders on the Centre's CoWIN portal....

Phulbani: Odisha lost one more doctor to COVID-19 with the death of Snehasis Giri at the SCB Medical College and College and Hospital in Cuttack on Tuesday night. Giri, an...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to hand over patients' bodies which are found to be COVID-19 negative at death to family members. The family members will only be allowed...

Washington: The US’ National Institute of Health has said that India’s Bharat Biotech-developed Covaxin effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of COVID-19. According to NIH, results of a couple...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra is likely to announce July lockdown/unlock guidelines at around 2.30 pm on Wednesday. According to sources, partial lockdown is likely to continue in the...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll in Odisha crossed the 4000-mark and touched 4018 on Wednesday as a record 48 patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. According to...

Bhubaneswar: While the daily COVID caseload in Odisha went past 3,000 again on Wednesday, the test positivity rate remained under 5 per cent for the second consecutive day. The state...

Bhubaneswar: The capital city saw a rise in new COVID-19 cases with 339 positives reported in  the last 24 hours against 281 on Monday. Of the new cases, 48 are...