Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 vaccination of the elderly and persons with co-morbidities will begin at 22 hospitals in the city Monday. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner, Prem Chandra Chaudhary, told...

Bhubaneswar: A day after crossing the 90-mark, new COVID-19 infections in Odisha dropped to 86 on Saturday. The new cases reported in the last 24 hours are from 21 districts,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has modified its earlier order, making seven-day home isolation mandatory for people coming from 12 high-risk states by planes and trains. District collectors, municipal commissioners, CDMOs...

Bhubaneswar: A day after making the thermal screening of all passengers coming from 12 states at railway stations and airports mandatory, the Odisha government on Friday said they must remain...

New Delhi: Come March 1, it will be the turn of senior citizens and those above 45 with comorbidities to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centre has announced that 10,000...

Bhubaneswar: In a day of rapid development ahead of second phase of COVID-19 vaccination, the private hospitals empanelled under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) of the Odisha government have...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the scare of a COVID-19 mutant strain affecting more people, here is some good news. The second wave of a pandemic and mutant strain is common. We are...

Bhubaneswar: Amid COVID-19 resurgence fear, the Odisha capital saw a slight drop in new infections with four persons testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The city...

Bhubaneswar: Three to four screening centres will be set up at Bhubaneswar railway station and passengers with any COVID-19 symptom have to undergo antigen test, informed BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Centre has allowed the private hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for COVID-19 vaccination, the Odisha government has requested to...