Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Saturday demanded a white paper on the actual COVID-19 deaths in Odisha. Opposition chief whip Mohan Charan Majhi said at a press briefing here that there...

Bhubaneswar: After reporting over 400 new infections for two consecutive days, Bhubaneswar on Saturday saw a sharp fall in daily caseload with 332 people testing positive for the virus in...

Bhubaneswar: Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here said more genome sequencing is needed to know the exact nature and behaviour of the highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 which is...

Rourkela: The family of a woman has lodged a police complaint after she died allegedly due to COVID vaccine complications in the city. The family, which hails from Maguni slum...

Bhubaneswar: With states going ahead with the unlocking process amid a drop in COVID cases, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday directed the chief secretaries to ensure that there...

Work-from-home, long hours at the laptop, zero social life — it has taken a toll on everyone during the pandemic-induced lockdown. It has been tougher for the millennial and Gen-Z...

New Delhi: Odisha-born IAS officer and Secretary in the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Guruprasad Mohapatra died of COVID-19 related complications on Saturday. Condoling Mohapatra’s demise, Prime Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID fatalities in Odisha crossed the 40-mark again on Saturday as 42 more patients succumbed to the virus, taking the toll to 3550. The casualties due to the...

New Delhi: India is certain to face the “inevitable” third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the next six to eight weeks, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said in view...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha added another 3427 fresh infections to its affected tally, taking the active cases to 40,471 on Saturday. The test positivity rate (TPR) was 5.34 per cent with these new...