Virus Scare

Burla: The COVID testing laboratory and the Microbiology department of the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) were closed for three days, effective from Sunday after...

Bhubaneswar: Asish Mahakul, the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of MLA and former mayor of Bhubaneswar Ananta Narayan Jena, died of COVID-19 infection in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. According to sources, the...

Bhubaneswar: The number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 crossed 70,000 in the state as 2888 more recuperated and were being discharged from different hospitals on Saturday. Of the new...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recovered from the coronavirus and is likely to be discharged soon, officials at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said on...

Bhubaneswar: A video, claiming that the National Health Mission (NHM) has recently recommended healthy people don't need to wear masks, has surfaced on social media. The video resembles a public...

Berhampur: The COVID-19 pandemic has dug its fangs deep into economies around the world, and Odisha is no exception. Take the plight of Berhampur's Nagesh Patro, for instance. Before coronavirus-induced...

Chennai: A 48-year-old Gurugram-based businessman has got a new lease of life, thanks to doctors at a private hospital in Chennai. Not only was he a COVID patient but both...

Baripada: The COVID-19 tally in Mayurbhanj district went up to 3,078 with 123 new positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. According to the district administration, all are local...

Dhenkanal: The COVID-19 tally in Dhenkanal district rose to 1,511 on Saturday with 94 new positive cases reported overnight. According to the district administration, 66 of the new cases were...

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 positive tally in the district went up to 2546 on Saturday with an overnight addition of 76 cases. According to the district administration, the highest of 23...