Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha rose to 1040 on Monday with the death of 18 more patients, including two from Bhubaneswar, in the last 24 hours. Among the new...

Bhubaneswar: The number of new COVID-19 cases in Odisha came down further on Monday with 2,423 cases reported overnight. The state had reported 2,546 new cases on Sunday and 2,854...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday called two doctors working at the SUM COVID Hospital here to express his appreciation for their hard work. Naveen called Dr Iswar...

New Delhi: Anticipating an increase in cases during the upcoming winter season, the Indian government is considering authorizing an emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on...

India is now struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic, but another health disaster will be a growing headache for our country. Due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, many children...

Bhubaneswar: Even as new COVID-19 cases continued to fall, the number of recovered patients remained steady in the state. As many as 3342 patients recovered from the disease on the...

Bhubaneswar: A 93-year-old woman, undergoing treatment at the SUM COVID Hospital here, has defeated coronavirus. Basanti Patra, the mother of Jaleswar legislator Aswini Kumar Patra, had tested positive for the...

New Delhi: There have been reports suggesting that coronavirus cases might go up during winter. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday agreed with that theory, saying that the possibility...

Bhubaneswar: The active COVID-19 tally touched 3429 in the Odisha capital on Sunday with 290 more people testing positive for the virus. According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), 79 are...

New Delhi: In a cruel irony of fate, an ambulance driver who had ferried around 200 bodies of COVID-19 victims for last rites has himself succumbed to the virus. The...