Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: A woman, who had died at VIMSAR, Burla, on December 27, was found infected with Omicron on Wednesday. According to sources, the 55-year-old woman from Agalpur in Odisha's Balangir district...

Bhubaneswar: Omicron has spread its tentacles to all districts of Odisha and the infections will rise further in the coming days, Director, Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra informed on Thursday. "Khurda had...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 2.64 lakh teenagers in the age group of 15-18 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the state in the last 4...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID cases spiralling in the last two days, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday declared four more areas in the city as containment zones. The containment restrictions...

Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister and hotelier Dilip Ray has tested positive for COVID-19. The former Rourkela MLA on Thursday tweeted that he has isolated himself on the advice of the...

Jeypore: Six third-year MBBS students of Saheed Laxman Naik Medical College in Odisha's Koraput have tested positive for COVID-19. The hostel boarders, who have been shifted to isolation rooms, have no...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,467 on Thursday with one more patient succumbing to the disease. According to the Health Department, a 78-year-old man of Bhubaneswar is the...

Rourkela: COVID-19 cases are spiralling in Odisha's Sundargarh and it is spreading like wildfire in educational institutions. The affected tally in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sargipali, touched 89 with 53 more...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in Odisha inched closer to the 2,000-mark on Thursday with the state reporting 1,897 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Of them, 258 are...

Bhubaneswar: Wednesday saw Odisha capital reporting 341 new COVID cases and 10 areas being declared as containment zones. To check the spread of the infection, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)...