Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The fourth sero survey will start from mid June in three districts, said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while reviewing the COVID situation in the state. The survey will...

Bhubaneswar: After registering a gradual fall for six consecutive days, the daily COVID caseload in the state capital went up again on Tuesday with 661 new cases in the last...

New Delhi: A third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is inevitable in India, according to experts. And, worryingly, it’s being predicted that children will be affected more in the third...

Bhubaneswar: With experts warning of a third wave of COVID-19, the Odisha Government has directed the district collectors and chief district medical officers (CDMOs) to take pre-emptive steps to safeguard the...

Berhampur: The residents of Hinjili in Ganjam district will get at least 5% discount while purchasing groceries from shops in the town. The condition is that the buyer seeking the...

Berhampur: For 47-year-old Prasanta Sethi, the Neelakantheswar crematorium in the Silk City has turned into a second home. He has cremated around 1,700 bodies in the past 30 years. A...

Bhubaneswar: The monoclonal antibody cocktail therapy for COVID-19 patients will soon start in medical colleges and government hospitals across Odisha. In a letter to superintendents of all medical colleges and all...

Dhenkanal: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a 100-bed COVID-19 hospital facility developed by Tata Steel BSL in Dhenkanal district. The new facility is built on the premises of Kharagprasad...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has released revised guidelines for the national COVID vaccination programme, to be implemented from June 21. "Vaccine doses provided free of cost by Government of India will...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday said that the two doses of COVID vaccine have helped reduce the severity of the infection and fatality to a great extent. Speaking to...