Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The surge in local contact cases continued in the Odisha capital on Tuesday as the city added 342 new COVID-19 cases to its affected tally, taking it to 16933....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has conducted 2459000 COVID-19 tests between July 1 and September 15 and the positivity rate is 6.2 per cent. "This is less than the national average of 8.4...

Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday said that India is a leading vaccine producer and may release huge volumes of COVID-19 vaccine by 2021. According to a PTI report,...

New Delhi/Beijing: Under the garb of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology and Pakistan Army’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation are allegedly conducting experiments...

Dhenkanal: A man reportedly collapsed and died on the premises of district headquarters hospital in Dhenkanal minutes after he tested positive for COVID-19. A heart-wrenching video of the deceased’s wife...

New Delhi: With six members of two primitive tribes testing COVID-19 positive, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has sought a factual report and an action taken report from...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID hospitals in Bhubaneswar overburdened with growing number of cases, the state government has asked district administrations not to rush their coronavirus patients to the city for treatment....

Bhubaneswar: The authorities of Jharpada Special Jail here, have written to BMC to conduct test of all the inmates as an undertrial prisoner tested positive after his death, The deceased was...

Bhubaneswar: Actor and Odisha Cine Artist Association Secretary Sritam Das has tested positive of COVID-19. The actor tweeted to inform that he would not be attending any shoots or social gatherings....

Beijing: One of the coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the Chinese Centre for...