Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Coronavirus has claimed five more lives in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 91 on Sunday. Three of the victims are from Ganjam district and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported the second-highest single-day spike of 736 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which took the state's tally to 17437 on Sunday. Odisha had registered 755 positive cases...

Cuttack: In order to fight COVID-19 pandemic, Cuttack police have imposed hefty fines on 337 persons for violating social distancing norms and 159 persons for not wearing the mandatory masks,...

New Delhi: AIIMS Delhi will start human trials of Covaxin — country’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine — next week with 100 healthy volunteers in the age group of 18-55 years....

Bhubaneswar: A lady sub-inspector (SI) here has tested positive for COVID-19, Khurda excise superintendent Prasanna Acharya informed. The district administration has sanitised the office premises. Khurda excise superintendent Acharya said, "The...

Khurda: District collector Sitanshu Kumar Rout has announced a seven-day shutdown in Balugaon's fish market in Khurda district on Saturday after a fish trader tested positive for COVID-19. The shutdown...

Puri: The district administration on Saturday declared three areas as containment zone after the detection of COVID-19 positive cases. According to an order of the district collector, certain areas in...

Facebook will soon be launching a dedicated section on its social media platform to limit the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Facts About COVID-19’ will try to debunk...

Bhubaneswar: Political leaders of Odisha on Saturday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission (EC) to seek opinion from regional and national parties on the modalities of poll campaign amid...

Mumbai: Veteran actress Rekha had refused to undergo COVID-19 test earlier this month after her security guard got infected with the deadly virus. As per a DNA report, Mumbai Mayor...