Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed senior officials to focus on western Odisha districts which have witnessed a high incidence of COVID-19 positive cases recently. Reviewing the COVID-19...

New Delhi: Even as states are urging the central government to lower the age limit for COVID-19 vaccination to enable more people to get inoculated, the Union Health Ministry on...

New Delhi: The Central Government has asked all its employees who are 45 years and above to get themselves vaccinated to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19. As per an...

Bhubaneswar: Following detection of 10 COVID-19 positive cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday sealed Taru Apartments near Tankapani Road for 10 days. Stating that the apartment will be sealed...

Mumbai: Katrina Kaif is the latest Bollywood star to have contracted the virus. The actress confirmed the news in an Instagram post on Tuesday. Katrina's statement came a day after...

Bhubaneswar: Despite a steady rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the state government has claimed that the situation is not alarming. “Going by the number of fresh...

Sambalpur: Health Minister Naba Kishore Das has ordered his department to rush in a medical team to a gram panchayat in Sambalpur district that has reported a spurt in COVID-19...

Bhubaneswar: A day after issuing a show-cause notice, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday sealed Silicon Institute of Technology at Patia here for violating COVID-19 norms. According to sources,...

Cuttack: In a surprising trend, the rural areas of Cuttack district have been reporting consistently rising number of COVID--19 positive cases compared to the city areas in the last one...

New Delhi: With the country facing a rapid resurgence of COVID-19, the Indian Medical Association wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting that the vaccination should be open to all...