Virus Scare

New Delhi: The new variants of the COVID-19 virus are not responsible for the upsurge in active cases in five states, the government said on Tuesday. It was referring to...

Bhubaneswar: Recovery of COVID-19 patients was reported from 17 districts with only Bargarh having double-digit figure in Odisha on Tuesday. As many as 77 patients recovered and were discharged from...

Bhubaneswar: Given the renewed rise in COVID-19 cases in some states, will the Odisha government impose a lockdown? That is a possibility if the situation worsens in the state, replied...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has spent nearly Rs 400 crore (Rs 389.59 crore) for the free treatment of COVID-19 patients in the state. This amount was spent towards the treatment...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 62 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Of the 62 new infections from 19 districts, 37 are quarantine cases while 25 are local contacts. The...

Mumbai: There was good news from Maharashtra and Mumbai on Monday. The state and its capital, which had seen a rising trend in coronavirus in the last few days, reported a...

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hopeful of the country returning to normal as all adults are expected to be vaccinated by end of July. Johnson is expected to...

New Delhi: Active coronavirus cases in India increased by 4,421 in the past 24 hours — a spike of 3% —to cross the 1.5 lakh mark for the first time...

Bhubaneswar: Three new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the capital city in the last 24 hours. All those cases are from quarantine -- one each from Prasanti Vihar, Naharkanta...

Bhubaneswar: With the sudden upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring states and detection of a new mutant strain of the virus, the civic bodies of the twin cities of...