Virus Scare

New Delhi: With India recording a staggering 2.6 lakh-plus fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the health infrastructure is spiralling out of control. There is a shortage of...

Dehradun: Nineteen Kumbh Mela visitors who had tested COVID positive fled the hospital where they were being treated. All 19 were from Rajasthan and were recovering from the infection at...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has clarified that a countrywide lockdown is not an option at present to control the second wave of COVID-19 infections. “Initially, the purpose...

Cuttack: With the rising trend of COVID-19 cases in the Millennium city, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Sunday issued a dedicated helpline number for its people. The CMC in a...

Bhubaneswar: Considering the sudden and exponential rise in COVID-19 cases this year, the Odisha government has decided to increase the beds upto five times. Informing this to the media on...

Bhubaneswar: With daily COVID-19 cases nearing 4,000 in Odisha, the state government has decided to procure at least 18,000 oxygen cylinders. Sources in the Health and Family Welfare Department said...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 1944 on Sunday with two more patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, one death...

Balangir: An Ayurvedic doctor in Odisha’s Balangir district died of COVID-19 on Saturday. The 56-year-old deceased has been identified as Dr Dilip Sarangi of Sagarpada here. Sarangi was employed as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 3664 COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours on Saturday, according to the I & PR Department, Odisha. Among 3664 positives, 2127 are from quarantine and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, India will fight COVID like last year with “even greater speed and coordination.” The PM reviewed the COVID situation in the...