Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: In order to prevent the spread of COVID infection, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday declared 16 places in the city as micro-containment zones. The municipality had declared...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is among the top 10 states in India in terms of COVID-19 active cases, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan told the media on Thursday. The others are Maharashtra,...

Bhubaneswar: Omicron seems to be fast replacing the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Odisha with around 60 per cent of samples collected randomly from 10 districts testing positive for this...

Bhubaneswar: Seven more COVID-19 patients in Odisha have succumbed to the deadly disease, the Health Department informed on Thursday. Details of the deceased after an audit process: 1.A 84 years...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw a 3 per cent drop in the test positivity rate (TPR) on Thursday as 10,368 more people, including 1,090 in the age group of 18 years, were...

Bhubaneswar: The capital city reported a marginal rise in daily COVID caseload as 1414 cases were detected in 24 hours between 9 am of Tuesday and that of Wednesday against...

Bhubaneswar: In order to check the COVID infection from spreading to new areas, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday declared 9 places in the city as micro-containment zones. The...

Bhubaneswar: The services in the Capital Hospital, here, were affected as COVID infection spread to more of its employees including doctors and para medical staff on Wednesday. Speaking to media...

Bhubaneswar: Following the COVID-appropriate behaviour is essential to fight the third wave in Odisha, Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra said on Wednesday. "The infection rate is rising rapidly and daily cases...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Omicron tally touched 347 on Wednesday with a sharp jump in cases of this variant of COVID-19 as 147 people more testing positive during genome sequencing at the...