Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is among the 13 states in the country to have innoculated more than 50 percent or more healthcare workers against the novel coronavirus in the first phase of...

New Delhi: Despite achieving a record recovery rate against the novel coronavirus, it is clearly not yet time to rest on our laurels as a large proportion of the Indian...

New Delhi: Healthcare and other frontline workers will be administered the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from February 13. “Only the first dose of vaccine has been given to them...

Bhubaneswar: Seven new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the Capital city in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, one was from quarantine centers and six local contacts,...

Bhubaneswar: One person succumbed to COVID-19 in Odisha, taking the toll to 1,907 on Thursday. The Health and Family Welfare Department identified the deceased as a 68-year-old male coronavirus positive...

New Delhi: Nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccines in just 19 days since the countrywide vaccination drive was launched on January 16. These include 2,11,346 beneficiaries in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 87 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the I&PR Department informed on Thursday. Of the new cases detected in 18 districts, 51 are from quarantine...

London: The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is 67 per cent effective in reducing the spread of the virus after a single shot, a study published in the Lancet said. A two-dose...

India leads among Asian countries in COVID-19 death toll of journalists, with 54 casualties since the global pandemic broke out last March. The media community has lost 735 personnel in...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 122 patients recovered from COVID-19 even as 71 new positive cases were detected in Odisha in the last 24 hours. Of the day's recovered cases, 32...