Virus Scare

London: The G7 leaders are set to sign a landmark global health declaration which is aimed at preventing future pandemics. The UK government, which is hosting this year’s summit of...

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday announced a series of rate cuts and exemptions for COVID-19 essential items, including important drugs against the disease. The...

Long COVID has been described as the effects of COVID-19 that continue for weeks or months beyond the initial illness. These could be respiratory, such as a cough and feeling...

Bhubaneswar: Director, Health Services Bijay Mohapatra on Saturday said that a gradual unlocking process will be better for Odisha. The entire state is under lockdown till July 17. Mohapatra said...

Cuttack: A critically ill COVID-infected, Laxmikant Nayak, was airlifted to a super speciality hospital in Kolkata from a private hospital in Cuttack city on Saturday. A green corridor was created...

New Delhi: For the first time in 70 days, India reported less than 90,000 daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The country logged 84,332 new infections in the last 24 hours,...

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that 719 doctors, including 28 from Odisha, have so far died of the coronavirus infection during the second wave of the...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the declining COVID-19 caseload, Odisha on Saturday recorded the highest single-day fatalities of 47 due to the deadly disease. According to the Health Department, Khurda reported the highest of...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 caseload in Odisha dropped further on Saturday as 4852 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, the lowest since April 20 when...

Bhubaneswar: People aged 18 years and above in the Odisha capital will now be administered the first dose of the COVID vaccine in the morning session and the second dose in...