Virus Scare

In a regular World Health Organization (WHO) briefing, Dr Mike Ryan said on Friday that it is unlikely that COVID-19 will be completely eliminated if the current conditions persisted. He...

Mumbai: Bollywood has resumed shooting with restrictions and safety precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, senior artistes, above the age of 65 have been advised to stay away from the...

Malkangiri: Further strengthening the measures to arrest the spread of COVID-19, the district administration has made 14-day institutional or paid quarantine mandatory for people coming from 13 districts of Odisha....

Bhubaneswar: To contain the spread of the COVID-19, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), began serology surveillance in the city on Saturday....

Pune: An 11-day complete lockdown has been announced in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and some parts of rural Pune from July 13 to July 23 following the highest number of COVID-19 cases...

Rourkela: Sundargarh district reported 44 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the district's tally to 722 on Saturday. Alarmingly, 39 of the new patients are contacts of...

New York: Remdesivir, the anti-viral drug that has shown promise in the fight against COVID-19, has been backed by more researchers. A recent study, published in the journal Cell Reports,...

New Delhi: India registered the highest single-day surge of 27,114 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total caseload past the 8 lakh-mark to 8,20,916 on Saturday....

Bhadrak: Police are on the lookout for a migrant Odia worker who fled a temporary medical centre (TMC) from a primary school at Maninathpur under Bhandaripokhari police limits late on...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials have issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for management of home isolation of asymptomatic and mild symptomatic cases, on Saturday. A COVID-19 positive patient...