Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The Health department has directed all district collectors to maintain strong surveillance on people returning from other countries after a new variant of COVID-19 - Omicron - was detected...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a slight rise in daily COVID caseload with 264 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The state had seen 219 new...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair an important meeting on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country at 10.30 am on Saturday. Top government officials...

New Delhi: Indian stock markets fell on Friday over fears of a new COVID variant in South Africa that could be more infectious than Delta. The Sensex fell about 1500...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19– B.1.1.529, restrictions will be imposed on people coming from three countries – South Africa, Botswana and Hongkong, Director...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,403 on Friday with two more deaths due to the deadly disease being confirmed in the last 24 hours. The Health Department sources...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a fall in daily COVID caseload with 219 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The state had seen 335 new cases...

Dharwad: A freshers party in a medical college in Karnataka's Dharwad has led to a spurt in COVID-19 cases. It has become a COVID-19 cluster after the number of staff...

Johannesburg: South African scientists said they had detected a new Covid-19 variant that has a large number of mutations and blamed it for a surge in infection numbers on Thursday....

Johannesburg: A new COVID-19 variant with ‘unusual’ mutations has been detected, forcing the World Health Organization (WHO) to sit up and take note. The new variant, called B.1.1529, has been...