Virus Scare

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Wednesday lifted containment zone restrictions from Old Rausapatna in the city. "After three rounds of contact tracing, active surveillance, all contacts tested negative...

Bhubaneswar: The number of COVID-19 recovered cases in the state surged past 25,000 as 1255 more patients recuperated from the disease and were being discharged from hospitals on Wednesday. Ganjam...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Wednesday decided to allow trading activities in the Malgodown in three shifts to avoid large congregation. The decision was taken after a large...

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 cases are being reported in three digits almost every day in the Odisha capital since the beginning of this month, totalling to 621. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on...

North Korea has warned its citizens that any breach of rules related to anti-epidemic measures could have "critical consequences." The ruling party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun said that all citizens should...

Balasore: The district administration on Wednesday declared two villages in two blocks as containment zones for seven days after the detection of seven COVID-19 cases. According to Collector K Sudarshan...

Rourkela: Public have been barred from entering Rourkela Municipal Corporation office till August 31. The decision was taken after four engineers and some other staff of the corporation tested positive for...

Hyderabad: The Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO), Soumya Swaminathan said that India has a low testing rate compared to some countries that are successfully trying to curb it,...

Baripada: The COVID-19 tally in Mayurbhanj touched 764 on Wednesday with an overnight addition of 15 new cases. The district administration tweeted that 14 among them are local contact cases....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is readying for mass silent prayer and oath-taking in honour of the COVID warriors at 6 pm on Wednesday on the appeal of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The...