Virus Scare

Sambalpur: The Sambalpur administration on Friday announced to shut down the entire district for two days, starting Saturday (July 18). “Though the spread of COVID-19 cases has been steady in...

Twenty minutes is all it takes to carry out a blood test to determine whether a person has coronavirus or not. Researchers at Australia's Monash University claim it to be...

Keonjhar: A total of 28 new coronavirus positive cases have been detected in Odisha's Keonjhar district in the last 24 hours, taking the affected tally to 383 on Friday. Among...

New Delhi: Reports are coming in from different parts of the country that patients who have recovered from COVID-19 are getting the infection all over again. News of such cases...

Jagatsinghpur: The COVID-19 tally in Jagatsinghpur district rose to 469 on Friday with 16 fresh cases detected in the last 24 hours. Of the 16 cases, six cases have been...

La Paz: Sex workers in the Bolivian capital are preparing to resume work “safely” amidst the coronavirus pandemic with new protective items including bottles of bleach, gloves and see-through raincoats....

Contrary to earlier claims, scientists are now saying that social distancing alone will not help in slowing the spread of coronavirus unless it is backed with contact tracing, isolation, and...

Rourkela: The COVID-19 tally in Sundargarh district touched 760 with 10 more persons testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. Among them, nine are returnees from outside...

Washington DC: After the US, which has carried out a record 42 million COVID-19 tests, India has conducted the second highest number of 12 million tests, the White House has...

Malkangiri: The number of COVID-19 cases in Malkangiri district touched 266 on Friday with overnight addition of 54 new patients. Among the positive cases, 28 are symptomatic and 26 asymptomatic...