In the first phase today, 500 staff of more than 30 hotels were reportedly given the COVID jab. A staff here doesn't need to book a slot to get the jab under this special drive of BMC
"The Odisha government has supplied 100 oxygen concentrators to the BMC. We have also developed an App for Covid-infected people who are under home treatment. They can book oxygen concentrators through the Application"
Admitting that the State Capital does not have enough doses of COVAXIN for the age group of 18-44, the Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Sanjay Singh on Thursday assured that it will be made available soon.
In a bid to facilitate COVID vaccination to the elderly and differently-abled persons, the Odisha government on Monday allowed the local administrations to plan Near To Home Covid Vaccination Centres (NHCVC) for the beneficiaries.
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday launched doorstep Covid-19 vaccination drive under its jurisdiction to inoculate people above 45 years of age at their homes.
The active caseload in Bhubaneswar has now climbed up to 12,273. Out of the new cases, 184 persons are in quarantine while the rest 967 are local contact cases.
Anticipating shortage of beds at hospitals for Covid-19 patients in the Capital city in the wake of the exponential rise in daily positive cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a novel idea to ensure adequate number of beds for the patients.
Putting technology to use for better COVID management and quick transfer of patients to the Dedicated COVID Hospitals (DCH) and COVID Care Centres (CCC), the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started GPS tracking of ambulances.
“BMC will start Drive-In #COVID19 RTPCR and Antigen Testing facility at BMC Bhawani Mall, Saheed Nagar. Citizens can get themselves tested at the Centre by going to the centre on their own arrangement in a vehicle.”
1997-batch IAS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The city municipal corporation on Monday informed that it has identified 3 more sites to begin drive-in vaccination of people just like the initiative which is begin carried out at the Esplanade Mall.
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