Virus Scare

In December 2019 when the first outbreak of coronavirus at Wuhan was making news, people in Odisha never imagined what the future had in store. For overseas returnees, screening protocols...

Cuttack: Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) launched an initiative to spread awareness among people by distributing masks free of cost here on Monday. Endorsing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s call for 14-day...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police acted against 11,410 violators of mask usage and social distancing rules on the fifth day of special COVID enforcement drive. A total fine of Rs 33,41,200 was...

Bhubaneswar: ln view of the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the Health and Family Welfare department has requested all district collectors and Municipal Commissioners as well as CDM...

Chandigarh: Haryana on Monday became the 12th state/union territory to announce night curfew – either partial or in selected districts or towns – to curb the frightening surge in coronavirus...

Bhubaneswar: Two days after receiving 2.5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine, the Odisha government on Monday received another consignment of 2.71 doses of vaccines. A special cargo flight carrying the...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar saw a slight drop in daily COVID-19 caseload, the number soared to 190 on Monday. The city had seen 148 cases on Sunday after reported...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another 538 patients getting cured of COVID-19 and being discharged from hospitals on Monday. According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, the recovered patients are from...

A new super variant of the COVID-19 virus in Brazil is a combination of 18 different mutations, including the Brazil, British and South African strains. Scientists in the South African...

New Delhi: The government on Monday approved Sputnik-V, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia, for emergency use in the country. This is the third vaccine approved in India after Covishield...