Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday directed all government and private hospitals to conduct COVID-19 vaccination during the gazetted holidays in April. In a letter to district collectors, municipal commissioners...

Baripada: Two inmates and matron of Government Girls’ High School at Tato in Karanjia block of Mayurbhanj district tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Talking to media, District Social Welfare...

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has geared up to raise the output of Covishield vaccines by 67% to 100 million doses a month from May. The move...

New Delhi: Two positive tests at an interval of at least 102 days with one interim negative test have been defined as SARS-CoV-2 re-infection by Indian scientists for establishing surveillance...

New Delhi: COVID-19 vaccinations will be done throughout April, including on gazetted holidays, the government said on Thursday. It has decided to operationalise both public and private sector vaccination centres...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw a huge spike in daily COVID-19 caseload on Thursday with 394 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. It had reported 297 cases...

Mumbai: Singer and composer Bappi Lahiri has been admitted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai after testing positive for COVID-19. “Despite utmost precautions, unfortunately, Mr Bappi Lahiri has tested positive...

Cuttack: To prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state, the Orissa High Court will be functioning only in virtual mode/video conferencing from April 5. Except for the officers and...

Bhubaneswar: With daily COVID-19 positive cases rushing towards 300-mark in Odisha, the recoveries mad a jump to 161 on Wednesday from Tuesday's 121. Of the recovered patients on the day,...

Bhubaneswar: In its COVID-19 guidelines for April, the state government has directed the local authorities including district collectors and municipal commissioners to strictly follow all containment measures following detection of...