Virus Scare

Geneva: The United Nations said on Thursday that COVID-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease. It cautioned against relaxing measures related to the pandemic simply based on meteorological...

Mumbai: Even as the number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra continued to rise alarmingly, Satish Kaushik tested positive and is under home quarantine. The actor-director posted the news from his...

Bhubaneswar: For the first time in this month, no two-digit figure of recoveries from COVID-19 was reported from any district of Odisha on Wednesday. As many as 61 patients recovered...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country to be careful of a possible “second peak” of the deadly coronavirus. Expressing concern over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases...

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 active cases in the Capital City went up to 87 with 9 more persons testing positive for the disease in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases,...

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reiterated Odisha's support to the Central government in the fight against COVID-19. Speaking at the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with chief...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the Centre to include additional categories of people as Frontline Workers (FLWs) for COVID-19 vaccination. In a letter to Ministry of Health & Family...

Vaccination of pregnant women could also protect their babies against COVID-19. According to a study in Israel, antibodies were detected in all 20 women who received both doses of the...

World Health Organisation’s (WHO) top scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Tuesday said that new improved coronavirus vaccines would not require needles and can be stored at room temperature by the end...

Berhampur: Even as Ganjam district administration has given permission for three major festivals - Danda Nata, Thakurani Yatra and Tara Tarini Mela - in next two months, it finds itself...