Virus Scare

Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old woman was duped by a 30-year-old lab technician who convinced her for a vaginal swab for “an accurate COVID-19 test result”. The woman...

Baripada: The COVID-19 tally in Mayurbhanj district touched 652 on Friday with 13 fresh cases being reported in the last 24 hours. Among them, 11 are local contact cases and...

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has promised not to profit from its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in partnership with Oxford University, during the pandemic as the company reported it was on track with...

Malkangiri: The COVID-19 positive tally in the district went up to 536 on Friday following the detection of 26 new cases in the last 24 hours. Of the 26 positive...

Koraput: All routine OPD services at Saheed Laxman Nayak (SLN) Medical College and Hospital here have been closed from Friday till further orders to check the spread of COVID-19. "The...

New Delhi: An overnight addition of 55,078 positive cases took India’s COVID-19 tally to 16,38,870 while 779 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. The death of...

Jagatsinghpur: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the Jagatsinghpur district administration for bagging the prestigious SKOCH Award for efficiency in COVID-19 management. The SKOCH Award recognizes people, projects and institutions that...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 177 on Friday with eight more patients succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. Ganjam reported four more deaths followed by...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha went up to 31, 877 on Friday with 1499 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours from 29 districts. Among them,...

Keonjhar: Sanaghagra Waterfall, a popular tourist destination in Keonjhar district, has been a deserted place for the past four months due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Its main gate is also...