Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload breached the 6000-mark on Thursday as Odisha saw the highest-ever spike of 6164 new infections in the last 24 hours. The state had been reporting...

New Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday made an interim allocation of Remdesivir for 19 states including Odisha and UTs having  high burden of COVID-19 cases for the period from...

Bhubaneswar: The enforcement squad of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday imposed penalty on two restaurants in the city for violating the COVID-19 guidelines. The BMC squad carried out COVID-19...

New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor has tested positive for COVID-19. “After waiting two days for a test appointment and another day & a half for the results, I finally have confirmation:...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed all the doctors who have been posted on COVID-19 management duty to join their places of deployment, failing which it has warned of taking...

Bhubaneswar: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), here has decided to close its walk-in OPDs from April 26. The AIIMS took the decision after some of its employees...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Wednesday came down heavily on the Odisha government for its trivial approach in dealing with the alarming spread of COVID-19. At a press briefing here, BJP...

Bhubaneswar: The recoveries from COVID-19 crossed 2000 for the first time in the state this year on Wednesday when 2009 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals. Nuapada district topped...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital saw 476 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours. The number was 581 on Tuesday. Of the new cases, 388 are local contacts and 88 quarantine...

Bhubaneswar: Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has assured Angul district administration of supplying medical oxygen for treatment of COVID-19 patients. In a letter to district collector, JSPL’s executive director...