To contain the spread of Covid-19, all the offline classes in VSSUT will remain suspended till January 10, 2021
Odisha so far has tested 2,59,63,037 samples, including 68, 970 in the last 24 hours, for Covid-19. The positivity rate in the State has now jumped to 3.92 per cent.
US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 58,446,019 and 833,952, according to the CSSE.
Though gatherings will be prohibited during the night curfew, some exemptions have been granted.
All the departments of the State government and sub-ordinate offices will function with 50 per cent strength of employees from January 7 to January 31, 2022.
WHO said that while Africa still reported a weekly increase in the number of new deaths, all the other regions in the world reported a decrease as compared to the previous week.
While the traders welcomed the decision aimed at curbing the COVID menace, they also demanded assurance from the government to not clamp complete shutdown ahead which will push their livelihood at stake once again.
"It's not clear in India, where mainly people have had two doses plus an infection, whether this will be adequate. There will be certain people who are vulnerable who get sick and do need ventilation, especially the unvaccinated. That's why caution is needed and focus on infection transmission interruption and vaccination are so important."
Along with enabling the infrastructure to provide unintended connectivity, the control rooms will remain functional round the clock to provide support to the patients. The control rooms need to ensure mechanism for the allotment of beds.
As per the guidelines issued by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), all air traveller de-boarding at Bhubaneswar, except those in transit, shall have to undergo RT-PCR test.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today declared five more places as ‘Containment Zones’ following detection of new Covid-19 cases.
A recent study by IIT Kanpur suggests that the peak of the third wave would be reached anytime between the first and second week of February this year. It has also been established unequivocally that the Omicron variant breaches through the defences of people who have already taken two doses of the vaccine.
It has been observed that there has been a considerable decline in COVID-19 testing in these states and union territories amid rising cases and positivity, which is a cause of concern, Ahuja said.
The CDMO said a health team has been sent to the woman’s house for contract tracing and will collect the swab samples of the family members.
Health Director Bijay Mohapatra today said that the State is likely to see a spurt in the Covid-19 growth rate within some days
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