Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: In view of COVID-19 situation in Ganjam, the Odisha government on Wednesday requested East Coast Railway (ECoR) not to permit any boarding/alighting of passengers of any train in the...

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, recently chosen for the human COVID-19 vaccine trial, has taken up advanced next-generation sequencing study of SARS-CoV-2 virus in collaboration with...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, the Odisha government on Wednesday restricted its employees from attending office work in Bhubaneswar. According to an...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital witnessed a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 46 persons testing positive for the virus. With these fresh cases, the COVID-19...

Kolkata: Chiranjib Dhibar, 30, who hails from Durgapur, West Bengal is likely to become the first person to participate in the clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Odisha. Dhibar,...

New Delhi: Masks and sanitisers are no longer in the list of the Essential Commodities as there are no reports of their shortage, said the Centre on  Wednesday. The items...

Sonepur: The Sonepur district administration on Wednesday announced mandatory institutional/home quarantine for people returning from 13  hotspot districts of Odisha. Those travelling to Sonepur from Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur,...

Cuttack: Following detection of COVID-19 cases, the authorities of the SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Wednesday shut its Out Patient Department (OPD). Two persons were found infected in...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren went into self-quarantine at his Ranchi residence after a minister he came in contact with tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a statement...

Berhampur: After sealing its border with Khurda, the Ganjam administration on Wednesday closed all routes connecting the district with Nayagarh to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases. Odagaon, Rohibank and...