Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Mutated SARS-CoV-2 strains flagged by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as a ‘variant of concern’ could fuel a big surge in COVID-19 cases in Odisha. The state...

Bhubaneswar: People testing positive on their arrival in the Odisha capital from high-risk states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, will have to undergo institutional treatment. The 11...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 11 passengers coming in flights from Mumbai and Pune tested positive for COVID-19 at the the Biju Patnaik International Airport, here on Sunday. According to Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: With daily COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha crossing 400 for third day, the recoveries from the disease touched 300 on Sunday. Nuapada district topped the list of recovered patients...

Bhubaneswar: Soon after Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Sunday said a decision on day curfew due to COVID-19 is likely to be taken in 4-5 days, the Special...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed central teams to visit Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh, the three worst-affected states vis-à-vis the tremendous surge in COVID-19 cases in the country....

Guwahati: Senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that people in Assam need not wear mask any longer as the state is free of COVID-19. His outrageous claim attracted widespread...

Bhubaneswar: A day after a spike in COVID-19 positive cases, the Capital City witnessed a climbdown as 38 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours against 71 patients...

Mumbai: The second wave of coronavirus infection, especially in Maharashtra, has hit Bollywood hard with a number of artistes testing positive in March. There seems to be no respite in...

Bhubaneswar: One person succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday. The deceased is a  29-year-old woman of Khurda district. As per a tweet by the Health and family Welfare department, the woman...