Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The 34-year-old man, who was identified by the BMC after he returned from UK to the city, has tested positive for COVID-19 at a private lab. He reached the...

Berhampur: The families of four COVID warriors of Ganjam district who died on duty were handed over ex gratia amount as announced by the state government on Wednesday. Superintendent of...

Chennai: The shooting of the Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Annaatthe’ has been suspended after four crew members of the film tested COVID-19 positive. The positive cases surfaced during routine testing, the film’s production...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases in the city made a slight jump from 21 on Tuesday to 39 in the last 24 hours. Among the new cases, 6 were from...

New Delhi: Passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (UK) are having to wait more than 8 hours to get their COVID-19 test report at the Delhi airport. According to the...

Bhubaneswar: Three more persons succumbed to COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 1,846 as on Wednesday. Among three, one was reported from Bhubaneswar and...

New Delhi: About 20 passengers and crew travelling from Heathrow airport tested COVID-19 positive at five international airports — Delhi, Amritsar, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Chennai. All passengers and crew of...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive tally in Odisha went up to 3,27,279 on Wednesday with 364 new cases reported overnight. Of the new cases reported from 25 districts, 210 are in...

New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) is likely to allow the emergency use of the Covishield vaccine in India without the necessary approval from the UK where...

London: BioNTech is confident that the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer will be effective against the new "UK" strain of the coronavirus. If required, a new vaccine can be...