Virus Scare

Mumbai: Maharashtra reported the biggest single-day spike since the coronavirus pandemic broke last year. As many as 31,855 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the state in the last 24...

Chennai: In a bid to vaccinate more people, Chennai is sending health workers to the homes of elderly residents under its ‘Sending hospitals to homes’ initiative. The team visits an...

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha witnessed a spike in COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the capital city continued to report such cases in two-digit figure. According to Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the media briefing by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) director Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh about the detection of three highly contagious new mutant strains of COVID-19...

Jagatsinghpur: Alarmed over surge in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the district administration on Wednesday issued fresh guidelines to prevent large congregation of people during Holi. The guidelines issued by district...

Bhubaneswar: Three among the recent COVID19 cases in Odisha were found to be carrying the UK strain, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh informed on Wednesday. It...

Cuttack: The SCB Medical College and Hospital here is bracing up to admit COVID-19 patients in case of a surge in corona cases in Odisha. The state on Wednesday reported...

Rourkela: Three students of NIT-Rourkela have tested positive for COVID-19 this month. One among them was found infected a day after President Ram Nath Kovind attended the NIT-Rourkela convocation on...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police (CP) has decided to intensify enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines at shopping malls and public places to check the rise in cases. Heavy fines would also be...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that a new 'double mutant variant' of COVID-19 has been detected in 18 states in the country. This is in addition...