Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The test positivity rate (TPR) climbed to 11.76 per cent on Wednesday (January 12) from 10.2 per cent a day ago and 6.5 per cent on Monday, as Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The Omicron tally in Odisha touched 170 with 67 more people testing positive for this variant of COVID-19 during genome sequencing, the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, informed on...

Bhubaneswar: Seven more areas were added to the long list of the micro-containment zone in the Odisha capital on Wednesday, following the detection of multiple COVID-19 cases. Five areas in...

Bhubaneswar: There is some good news for India, as the travel restrictions come bearing down on the global south, according to Henley Passport Index. The Indian passport occupied 83rd position,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to witness a continued rise in daily COVID caseload for another two months, Director of Public Health Niranjan Mishra informed on Wednesday. "The transmission will continue...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is among seven states and UTs fuelling the country’s caseload. After a massive jump of 46 per cent with 7,071 new COVID cases on Tuesday, the daily caseload...

Bhubaneswar: With active cases surging closer to 4,000, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared 16 more micro-containment zones to check the spread of the virus. Micro-Containment Zones: 1. Sabara...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload inched closer to 9000-mark on Wednesday with 8778 people, including 792 in the 0-18 age group, testing positive for the virus in the last 24...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the threat of the Omicron, online fraudsters are targeting people, especially senior citizens, in the guise of COVID vaccine booster dose. While Odisha began inoculating health and frontline...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload continued its upward march in the capital city as 710 new positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The city witnessed 619 cases on...