Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to conduct 50,000 COVID-19 tests from Monday. According to official sources, two private laboratories have been roped in to ramp up the RT-PCR tests...

Jagatsinghpur: Amid the COVID-19 upsurge, the Jagatsinghpur administration has clamped prohibitory orders in two municipalities and six markets in the district. According to a notification issued by Collector Sangram Keshari...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 1942 on Saturday with four more patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, one death...

New Delhi: India reported a staggering 2,34,692 fresh infections, the highest-ever daily spurt as the country recorded more than 2 lakh cases third day on the trot. India’s total COVID-19...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre to allow the sale of COVID-19 vaccines in the open market. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he wrote:...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in Odisha soared past 3000 for the second consecutive day on Saturday with all 30 districts reporting new infections. The state also saw four more...

Australia on Friday reported the first death linked to blood clots, post administration of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The 48-year-old woman was injected with the vaccine on April 8, hours before Australian...

Bhubaneswar: The Skill Development and Technical Education Department on Friday issued notification for closure of technical universities, engineering and professional colleges/polytechnics, diploma institutes and ITIs from April 19. The guidelines...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is ramping up medical facilities to tackle the situation arising out of the second wave of COVID-19, Director (Health) Bijay Panigrahi informed on Friday. “The state...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the Sports and Youth Services Department has decided to shut its sports hostels across the state from April 19. The sports...