Tag: Covid 19 Management

Bhubaneswar: As COVID-19 cases crossed 100-mark in Odisha, the State government on Sunday came out with a department-wise list of senior IAS officers assigning them with specific responsibilities to effectively manage the novel-Coronavirus outbreak situation in the State. The government has also entrusted some senior officials to take charge as observers to handle the COVID […]

New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday said at least 682 patients were cured of the highly contagious novel coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours. This has taken the recovery rate in the country up to 26.59 per cent. In a statement, the Ministry said: “So far, a total of […]

Bhubaneswar: While together-we-can- defeat-coronavirus is the slogan for the world right now to fight the COVID19 pandemic collectively, in Odisha, the people’s representatives are conspicuous in their absence in tackling the crisis in the State. The State which did show some exemplary success in managing the pandemic, has reported a steep rise in COVID-19 cases […]

Bhubaneswar: Be it Odisha government or administration of Ganjam district, which has been worst affected, the entire fight against COVID-19 is limited to Twitter, alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. Addressing a presser, State BJP vice-president Bhrugu Baxipatra alleged that Odisha government has failed miserably in COVID-19 management. “Being home to Chief Minister Naveen […]

Berhampur: Even though Odisha government has tagged Ganjam district as a ‘high-priority’ district, severe lapses in COVID-19 management have come to fore from Bhanjanagar area where a person’s COVID19 test report, that revealed he was positive, was received after his cremation. Such lapses on ground zero have raised several questions on the ongoing COVID-19 management […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress on Thursday alleged that the State government has failed to manage the issues in agriculture and education in the critical times of COVID-19. Former Congress MLA Debashis Patnaik said that though the Odisha government is making tall claims that all arrangements have been made to teach students online, lack of network connectivity […]