Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: A total of 8541 COVID patients in Odisha recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 4,47,863. The district-wise recovery of the patients...

Bhubaneswar: The total COVID-19 caseload in the state capital went up to 53,614 on Sunday after 1084 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Among new cases, 213...

Bhubaneswar: Health experts in Odisha warned on Sunday that the possibility of community transmission of COVID-19 in the cannot be ruled out. “While the second wave of COVID-19 is yet...

Kanpur: A study by IIT Kanpur scientists has predicted that after a peak in COVID-19 cases in the first week of May, the number of positive cases will begin decreasing....

Jajpur: The district police have launched home delivery of medicines to keep people indoors during the COVID lockdown. In Twitter posts on Sunday, SP (Jajpur) Rahul PR said the home delivery...

Bhubaneswar: The Union Finance Ministry has released Rs 8,923.80 crore to 25 states including Odisha for providing grants to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Of...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Bhandaripokhari MLA Prafulla Kumar Samal has tested positive for COVID-19. Samal, who is now undergoing treatment at SUM COVID Hospital, had undergone the test on...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha soared to 5,34,842 on Sunday with 10,635 new cases in the last 24 hours. Among the new cases, 6012 are quarantine and 4623...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha went up to 2180 on Sunday with 19 patients from 15 districts succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among the...

London: Researchers in Netherlands are working on bees which will be able to smell and detect samples infected with COVID-19. This will reduce waiting time to just seconds. Scientists at...