Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is likely to announce new guidelines to check the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 during New Year celebrations. Following a high-level meeting to chalk...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll in Odisha touched 8,447 on Wednesday with one more patient succumbing to the infection. According to the Health Department, a 59-year-old man from Kendrapada district is...

New Delhi: The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 is spreading fast in India. The number swelled to 213 with Delhi and Maharashtra reporting more than half of those cases. India...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw a slight rise in daily COVID caseload on Wednesday as 183 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 146 the previous...

Bhubaneswar: Two areas in Odisha capital have been declared as micro-containment zones after four foreign returnees tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 48 hours. Restrictions were imposed on two...

Geneva: The European head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Tuesday of a “significant surge” in COVID-19 cases as Omicron spreads, and suggested the widespread use of...

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday stated that the new COVID-19 variant is three times more transmissible than the highly infectious Delta variant and alerted states and UTs on Omicron....

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday declared the premises of a residential house in the city as containment zone after two inhabitants of the building tested COVID positive....

Bhubaneswar: Even as two foreign returnees to Odisha were detected with the Omicron variant, director, Public Health Niranjan Mishra said there was no need for panic and their contact tracing...

Washington: A 50-year-old unvaccinated man is believed to be the first American casualty of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. On Monday, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo confirmed that the 50-year-old...