Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Thursday granted conditional market approval for COVID-19 vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, for use in adult population with certain conditions. The vaccines,...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has decided to lift the weekend curfew and odd-even rule for shops. However, the night curfew will continue. Cinema halls, restaurants and bars have also...

Bhubaneswar: After a day's gap, the daily COVID-19 caseload in Odisha again dropped below 6,000 on Thursday with 5901 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours....

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,550 on Thursday with eight more deaths being confirmed in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, a 38-year-old woman from...

Bhubaneswar: The virus tally indicates that the third wave of COVID-19 is on the wane in Odisha, Special relief Commissioner Pradeep Jena said on Wednesday. "The state witnessed the peak...

New Delhi: A total of 2.85 lakh new COVID cases were detected in the past 24 hours, on Wednesday. The figure is 11 per cent higher than Tuesday. The positivity...

Bhubaneswar: After witnessing a consistent drop in daily COVID caseload for over five days, Odisha reported 7,426 fresh infections on Wednesday against 5,891, the previous day. According to the I...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 10 more COVID-19 deaths, taking the toll to 8542 on Wednesday. This is the highest number of deaths confirmed on a single day after an audit since...

New Delhi: COVID-19 will never be completely eradicated but vaccines and drugs will hopefully change many things in a few years down the line, Harvard immunologist Dr Shiv Pillai said....

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to reach out to COVID patients and promote awareness about the disease, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a  campaign through public address system. The...