Virus Scare

New Delhi: Soumya Swaminathan Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO), feels that the coronavirus is here to stay. “We should plan and be mentally prepared for another two years...

Bhubaneswar: Even as recoveries from COVID-19 continued to outnumber positive cases in the capital city, the total number of infected persons crossed 27,000 on Sunday. The number of positive cases...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday closed a coaching institute in the Odisha capital for alleged violation of COVID-19 guidelines. The Benchmark Classes located at Nageswar Tangi, which...

New Delhi: A government-appointed panel on Sunday said that India has crossed the COVID-19 peak and predicted that the epidemic may come under control in the country by February 2021....

Rourkela: A 29-year-old PG student, who had been attending to COVID-19 patients at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here, has succumbed to the virus, enraging her family. The deceased, Dr Priyashree,...

Tokyo: In a new find that reiterates the need for frequent hand washing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese researchers have said that the coronavirus remains active on human skin...

Bhubaneswar: The number of new COVID-19 cases in Odisha came down further on Sunday with 2,019 positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. The comparative tally was 2,196 on...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha soared to 1,135 on Sunday with 14 more patients succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours. Among the new deaths reported from...

New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Saturday said that two studies conducted on the genome of the coronavirus in India suggests that the virus is genetically stable and...

Bhubaneswar: The number of recoveries continued to be more than new cases in the state as 2842 patients recovered from COVID-19 against 2,196 positive cases on Saturday. Maximum recoveries of...