Virus Scare

London: The vaccine approved by Russia this week is not among the nine being considered in the advanced stages of testing. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), nine experimental...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha touched 54,630 on Friday with the second-highest single-day spike of 1977 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases reported from...

New Delhi: A total of 64,553 new cases registered overnight took India’s COVID-19 tally past 24.5 lakh-mark to stand at 24,61,190 on Friday. Also, 1,007 more patients succumbed to the...

Bhubaneswar: Director General, Fire Services, Satyajit Mohanty felicitated six firemen of Odisha for donating plasma for COVID-19 patients on Thursday. The six firemen are Ajaya Kumar Kabi, Tofan Pattanayak, Rajesh...

Sambalpur: A doctor of Odisha’s Sambalpur district reportedly succumbed to COVID-19 here on Thursday morning. District Chief Medical Officer (CDMO) Shashi Bhushan Patel informed that the doctor posted at ESI...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital saw 2,453 samples being tested for COVID-19 with a total of 40,711 tests being conducted across Odisha on Thursday. To increase awareness about testing and the...

Hyderabad: The Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy here was closed for sanitization after women’s badminton doubles specialist N Sikki Reddy and physio Kiran C tested positive for COVID-19 at the national...

Bhubaneswar: Another 1,422 COVID-19 patients have been cured of the infection in Odisha, taking the total recoveries to 37,900 on Thursday. Another 1422 #COVID19 patients have recovered and are being discharged...

Bhubaneswar: The 74th Independence Day in all schools in Odisha this year will be celebrated without students in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the School and Mass Education Department said...

Cuttack: The COVID-19 tally in the Millenium City touched 1994 on Thursday with an overnight addition of 115 new cases. According to the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), 36 among them...