Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: After Berhampur techie, Amrit Pradhan, critically ill Abhishek Mohapatra (28) was airlifted to Kolkata from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment. A green...

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the increasing need for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) among critical COVID patients, the Odisha government has taken steps to import this equipment from abroad. Informing the...

Clearly, COVID does not end at testing negative. There is something called Long COVID and physical symptoms are just a part of it. Anxiety, depression, mood swings and fatigue are...

Bhubaneswar: With the Lockdown 3.0 ending on July 17 and COVID graph showing a declining trend, speculation is rife that the Odisha government would soon begin the unlock process in...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 vaccination of the hotel and restaurant employees in the Odisha capital began on Wednesday. Additional Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Laxmikant Sethi informed that the Hotel &...

Berhampur: The Ganjam administration on Wednesday began a special health check-up drive for children in anticipation of the third COVID-19 wave. Briefing the media, Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange attributed...

Bhubaneswar: The fully vaccinated can now correct an inadvertent error, year of birth and gender, in their vaccination certificates on CoWIN portal. This can be done by clicking the ‘Raise an...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll in Odisha mounted to 3,123 on Wednesday with 43 more patients succumbing to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours. According to Health Department sources,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw a marginal rise in the test positivity rate (TPR) on Wednesday as 6019 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. With 68778 samples...

Bhubaneswar: Students travelling abroad from Odisha will be inoculated with Covishield, the vaccine approved by WHO. The two doses will be administered at a gap of 28 days instead of...