Virus Scare

New Delhi: With the single-day surge of 92,605 COVID-19 cases, India’s affected tally went past 54-lakh mark to stand at 54,00,620 on Sunday. About 1,133 more patients succumbed to infection...

Puri: Senior sevayat of the Jagannath Temple, Premananda Das Mahapatra passed away at the district headquarters hospital early on Sunday. According to sources, the family members had admitted Das Mahapatra...

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Saturday that he feels community spread of coronavirus is taking place in the national capital as well as other parts of...

Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) will start the third and final phase of human trial of Oxford-Astrazeneca’s coronavirus vaccine at Pune’s Sasson General Hospital early next week. “The...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 4090 COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease and were being discharged from different hospitals across the state on Saturday. Of the day's recovered cases, 605 are...

Bhubaneswar: University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has predicted that the COVID-19 death count in Odisha may be more than 11,000 by January 1, 2021. The...

Common household fabrics used in homemade masks are more effective in blocking droplets generated by coughing and sneezing and are considerably protective even as a single layer, scientists have found,...

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 positive cases in the state capital breached 18000-mark with the detection of 342 more cases on Saturday. Of the day's new cases, 104 were detected in quarantine centres,...

Moscow: Vladamir Putin's Russia has approved an antiviral drug which will be available at pharmacies by showing a COVID-19 prescription. The drug, known as Coronavir, is being made by R-Pharm...

Raipur: Due to a spike in coronavirus cases, Collectorate and District Magistrate has decided to impose under section 144 in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur from September 21. The officials informed that the...