Virus Scare

New Delhi: With Odisha and several other states complaining of acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, the Centre has decided to fast-track emergency use approvals for foreign doses. This will augment...

New Delhi: Given the steady spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Union Education Ministry and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are reportedly having a rethink on holding...

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha is battling an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, the Centre will dispatch another consignment of 2 lakh doses of Covishield on Tuesday, informed Director of Health...

Berhampur: To contain COVID-19 spread amid the second wave, the Ganjam administration on Tuesday announced that all religious institutions and public places in the district with remain out of bounds...

Sambalpur: Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases on Odisha campuses, the students of Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) students agitated in front of the Sambalpur Collector’s office to demand holding of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made a negative report of the RT-PCR test — considered as the gold standard of COVID-19 testing — mandatory for those arriving in the state...

New Delhi: Wearing a cloth mask over a disposable surgical mask is likely to significantly reduce a person’s exposure to the coronavirus. This was revealed during laboratory experiments conducted by...

Bhubaneswar: Five students of OUAT here were found infected on the day when the Odisha capital saw the biggest jump of 190 new COVID-19 cases. Four hostel boarders of Utkal...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another spike in daily COVID-19 caseload on Tuesday with 1784 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The state had reported a big...

Bhubaneswar: After 2.5 lakh doses of Covidhield on Saturday, another 2.7 lakh arrived in Odisha on Monday. This fresh stock, however, will last for only a day. The state has...