Virus Scare

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in home isolation. "I have tested positive for COVID -19 today with mild symptoms. My health...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has tested positive for COVID-19. "On the advice of doctors, he has isolated himself at his residence," his office said. Earlier in the day, Defence...

Bhubaneswar: To ensure COVID appropriate behaviour, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to decentralise markets/haats. In an order issued on Monday, the civic body said that proper social distancing...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the spiralling COVID-19 cases, the Centre has advised the states and UTs to keep a watch on the active caseload, besides hospitalisation, including patients requiring oxygen beds, ICU...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has placed an order for 5 lakh TATA MD check OmiSure RT- PCR test kits developed in partnership with ICMR, official sources said. The company said...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has tested for COVID-19. Taking to his official Twitter handle on Monday, Singh said that he has mild symptoms and is under home quarantine....

Rayagada: Amid the spike in COVID cases, 49 students of MITS Engineering College in Odisha's Rayagada tested positive for the virus on Monday. According to sources, 5 students of the college...

Bhubaneswar: People violating the COVID norms in Bhubaneswar will be fined Rs 500. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also urged people to wear mask properly and follow COVID appropriate behaviour....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported 28 new Omicron cases, Institute of Life Science, Bhubaneswar, informed on Monday. With this, the number of those infected with this variant of COVID in the state...

Bhubaneswar: Speaker of Odisha Assembly Surjya Narayan Patro took the booster dose as the third vaccination for frontline and health workers and those over 60 years of age with co-morbidities....