Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The prolonged lockdown, necessitated by the deadly coronavirus pandemic, has robbed the livelihood of many. But several others have used the time as an opportunity to excel. For instance,...

Keonjhar: The district witnessed a sharp rise in the local contact cases of COVID-19 with 52 out of 56 new cases reported in the last 24 hours are local contacts....

Berhampur: Former Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly Chintamani Dyan Samantray has tested positive for COVID-19. Samantrya was admitted to Care Hospital in Bhubaneswar, said his son Manoranjan Dyan Samantray who...

New Delhi: The Central Government on Thursday released Rs 890.32 crore towards the second instalment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 states including Odisha...

Kendrapada: The COVID-19 tally in the coastal district of Kendrapada rose to 601 on Thursday with 27 new cases being detected in the last 24 hours. Among them, one case...

Bhubaneswar: With an overnight addition of 118 positive cases, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha capital touched 3472 on Wednesday. Among them, 71 are quarantine and 47 local contact cases. Of...

Sambalpur: The COVID-19 caseload in the district went up to 836 on Thursday with the highest single-day spike of 101 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Among them, 70...

India’s Serum Institute and Novavax Inc whose COVID-19 vaccine candidate showed promising results in the initial clinical trials have signed an exclusive supply and license agreement for the production of...

Jeypore: The COVID-19 tally in Koraput district surged to 1,047 on Thursday with an overnight addition of 39 cases, all of which are local contacts. According to the district administration,...

Washington: Top US infectious diseases official Anthony Fauci is hopeful that drugmakers will have a billion doses of coronavirus vaccines in the early part of next year. U.S Secretary of...