Odisha reports 4th novel coronavirus case
Bhubaneswar: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread its tentacles in Odisha with the state reporting fourth positive case Tuesday. According to a tweet of Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department, a 29-year-old man from Bhadrak has been tested positive for the...
No migrant workers on road: Government tells Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Centre told Tuesday the Supreme Court that no migrant worker was on the road, amid fears that the large-scale movement of these people from cities to their native places on foot after the coronavirus lockdown may trigger...
3 who attended Nizamuddin congregation quarantined on return to Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Three persons who recently returned from Delhi after attending a religious congregation at Tabligh-e-Jamaat’s Markaz in Nizamuddin West have been put on quarantine by the Odisha government, said Subroto Bagchi, the state’s chief spokesperson on COVID-19 here Tuesday. The...
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams Tablighi Jamaat over coronavirus spread
New Delhi: Union Minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lashed out Tuesday at the Tablighi Jamaat after authorities blamed a meeting organised by it for spreading coronavirus infection. Naqvi said the organisation has committed a ‘Talibani crime’ and its...
State govt orders austerity measures amid COVID-19 outbreak
Bhubaneswar: With large expenses piling up to fight coronavirus in the state, the state government Tuesday said part of salaries of elected representatives and all India service officers will be deferred. According to a notification issued by the government, there...
COVID-19 death toll rises to 35 in India, total cases 1,397
New Delhi: The number of novel coronavirus cases climbed to 1,397 Tuesday after 146 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours across the country, while the death toll due to the pandemic rose to 35, according to the Union Health Ministry. The active cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease)...
Read moreVIMSAR medicos seek better safety gear to fight coronavirus
Bhubaneswar: The doctors of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla have informed the Odisha government that they want better masks and PPE instead of four months' salary in advance. March 25, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced that doctors, paramedics and healthcare workers in Odisha, who are the first line of defence providing relentless services amid these difficult conditions, would get four months' salary in...
Read moreCoronavirus outbreak: Pay-and-use quarantine facility at 50 hotels in state
Bhubaneswar: A total of 50 hotels have been designated as pay-and-use quarantine facilities by the civic bodies in major Odisha cities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Tuesday. At least a dozen hotels have been roped in by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to offer quarantine facilities to people at a price in the state capital, while similar arrangements have been made in around 26 hotels in neighbouring...
Read moreBlood banks face lockdown effect
Bhubaneswar: With the three-week lockdown in force, the Capital city’s blood banks here have reported acute shortage of blood units as the state government ordered a temporary ban on collection of blood to contain spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Although health experts and WHO (World Health Organization) have maintained that ‘spread of COVID-19 or any respiratory viruses doesn’t transmit through blood or blood components,’ widespread misinformation and ban on blood camps have...
Read moreCorona uncertainty looms over Puri car festival
Puri: The outbreak of coronavirus and subsequent 21 days of nationwide lockdown have made many people skeptical about the annual car festival of Lord Jagannath and his siblings here scheduled for June 23. According to sources, after the ‘Rath anukul’ ceremony was observed January 30, the Forest department has supplied required number of logs. The fifth and final lot arrived at the Holy City Monday and as per the tradition, the...
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has implemented several measures to sanitise the state capital and maintain proper hygienic conditions as Odisha continues its fight against the pandemic COVID-19. Incidentally, the fourth coronavirus positive case from the state was reported Tuesday. BMC in association with the Odisha Fire Services has started spraying disinfectants like Sodium Hypochlorite at...
Odisha reports 4th novel coronavirus case
Bhubaneswar: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread its tentacles in Odisha with the state reporting fourth positive case Tuesday. According to a tweet of Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department, a 29-year-old man from Bhadrak has been tested positive for the deadly virus. The victim has a travel history to Dubai. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1245032124127645698 The three persons who had earlier...
Kalahandi villagers send Kerala returnees to isolation to prevent spread of COVID-19
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No migrant workers on road: Government tells Supreme Court
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3 who attended Nizamuddin congregation quarantined on return to Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Three persons who recently returned from Delhi after attending a religious congregation at Tabligh-e-Jamaat’s Markaz in Nizamuddin West have been put on quarantine by the Odisha government, said Subroto Bagchi, the state’s chief spokesperson on COVID-19 here Tuesday. The Odisha government is also trying to identify others who attended the programme from March 1-15, Bagchi added....
