Virus Scare

New Delhi: Following an emergency committee meeting on October 29 on COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is still a public health emergency of international concern. The...

Cuttack: The city registered the lowest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the last 2 months as 37 persons tested positive for the disease. According to the Cuttack Municipal Corporation...

Mumbai: After getting the green signal from the government, movie theatres across the country have been gradually reopening, but with 50 per cent of the seating capacity. According to a...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 positive cases showing a declining trend, recovery figure also came down as 1800 patients recovered from the disease across the state on Friday. Of the day's recovered...

Bhubaneswar: The new COVID-29 cases in Bhubaneswar came down for the third consecutive day with the overnight 87 cases. Among the new cases, 19 are quarantine and 68 local contacts....

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has directed states and union territories (UTs) to set up committees for coordinating and supervising COVID-19 vaccination drive, so that other routine healthcare services...

New Delhi: Some evidence has emerged that children can spread coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed. According to ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, children can be “spreaders,...

Travelling by air does not pose as great a risk of contracting coronavirus as eating at a restaurant or going out to buy groceries. In a study titled ‘Aviation Public...

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday encouraged people to wear masks and said everyone should consider them as a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Hindustan Times...

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) on Friday said that cases of COVID-19 reinfection have surfaced in Odisha. ILS Director Ajay Parida informed that during the sample testing of...