Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,428 on Thursday with two more deaths being confirmed in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, a 70-year-old woman from...

New Delhi: Just as Bollywood was preparing to release its big pictures after a two-year hiatus, Omicron has cast its shadow on the silver screen. The stakes are high with...

Bhubaneswar: Four returnees, who arrived in Odisha recently from 'at risk' countries, have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing, Public Health Director Niranjan...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,426 on Wednesday with two more deaths being confirmed in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, a 65-year-old woman from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a marginal increase in daily COVID caseload on Wednesday with 255 more people testing positive for the virus in last 24 hours. The state had reported 151...

Washington: Top United States scientist Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday that according to early indications, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was not worse than prior strains, and was possibly milder,...

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to cut production of COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, by as much as 50 per cent as there aren’t any further orders from...

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday warned of a massive third wave striking the country unless adequate measures were carried out. The top medical body said taking precautionary...

Angul: The antigen test of 10 students of Girls High School at Balipata in Odisha's Angul was found to be positive on Tuesday. "Swab samples of those found infected have...

Bhubaneswar: Six travellers have tested positive for COVID-19 since their arrival in Odisha, since November 26, when WHO designated B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19 as a variant of concern and named...