Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha on Thursday, taking the affected tally to 209. Among them, two patients are from Balasore and one from Jagatsinghpur. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has surpassed the national average of conducting coronavirus tests of 983 persons per 10 lakh population by performing 1,155 tests per 10 lakh population. Total 50,000 tests have...

Berhampur: Expressing regret for their gross misconduct during their stay in the government quarantine centres in Ganjam district after returning from Surat, some migrant Odia workers have apologized to the...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has had to reverse its decision to stop special trains from transporting migrant workers to their native states, after facing pressure from all quarters. The BS...

Bhubaneswar: With several countries including India engaged in medical research to find a cure  for coronavirus, advisor to Odisha Health Department Dr K Srinath Reddy has hoped that a vaccine...

Berhampur: Around 27,000 people have so far arrived in Ganjam district from other states in 12 trains and 283 buses, Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange informed the media on Thursday. He...

Berhampur: The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) on Thursday said that no returnee from three states will be allowed to stay in home quarantine in any area under the civic body's...

Mumbai: Around 250 policemen from the city have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, said the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Most of the infected policemen are asymptomatic and...

Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19 may speed studies of vaccines against the deadly pathogen, said a working group of World Health Organisation (WHO) in a...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is most likely to revise the quarantine duration to 21 days, said Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera on Thursday. Briefing mediapersons after a video conferencing...