Tag: Covid 19

Bhubaneswar: In order to ensure that office work does not suffer, all the departments of the State government and sub-ordinate offices in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will function with 75% strength of employees ( all staff including Group-A officers) during the month of January 2021, said the General Administration & Public Grievance […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has prohibited congregation in public places for Zero Night Celebration on December 31 and January 1, 2021 throughout the State in view of Covid-19 pandemic. “Congregation in public places including hotels, restaurants, clubs, parks, convention halls, kalyan mandaps, etc. for Zero Night Celebration/ Welcome to New Year/ similar other function on […]

Bhubaneswar: In a big relief, State health department Thursday informed that the new strain of mutant COVID-19 has not been detected in any of the samples sent for genome sequencing. Senior officials said around 204 swab samples were collected from UK returnees and their contacts and were sent for testing as per the protocol. However, […]

Washington: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Thursday. The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its […]

By Devbrat Patnaik Infamous among many as the ‘Chinese’ virus – the lethal Covid-19 made its way into Odisha from Italy via New Delhi in March this year. Nine months into the outbreak of the pandemic in the State, and all eyes are now on the new UK variant genome knocking at the doors of […]

New Delhi: With 21,821 new Coronavirus infections and 299 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 1,02,66,674 on Thursday, while the death toll touched 1,48,738, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Till now, 98,60,280 have recovered. Currently, there are 2,57,656 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 96.04 per […]

Mumbai: Filmmaker Aanand L. Rai has tested positive for Covid. The director tweeted the health update on Thursday. He also requested whoever has got in touch with him in the past few days to take the necessary precautions. “I have tested covid positive today. Just wanted to inform everyone that I don’t feel any symptoms […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure that there is no large gathering in public places, the Commissionerate Police on Thursday decided to clamp prohibitory orders under Section 144 in the Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi appealed to the people of the twin cities not to take part in Zero Night […]

New Delhi: The daily coronavirus infections in India remained below 30,000 for the 19th consecutive day taking the COVID-19 caseload to 1,02,86,709, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.83 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. A total of 20,035 new infections were reported […]

Bhubaneswar: All the necessary preparations are in place for conducting the much-awaited Covid-19 vaccine dry run programme in Odisha tomorrow (January 2). Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) Director Prof CBK Mohanty on Friday said that the Covid-19 vaccine dry run is part of the nation-wide exercise to keep all infrastructure in place so […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Friday announced that the newly discovered COVID-19 mutant strain has not been found among the travellers who returned to the State from United Kingdom in the past one month. Additional Chief Secretary (Health Department). PK Mohapatra today said that all the UK returnees to the State have been traced and the […]

New Delhi: Wearing a mask while driving alone in a private vehicle is compulsory in the context of COVID-19, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday and described the face…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone of the Light House Projects (LHP) under the Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC-India) and said the worldwide challenge of Covid-19 has given the scope to innovate and incubate with new technology. The six LHP has been conceptualised by the Union Ministry of Housing […]

Mumbai: Getting ready for a soap shoot is no longer just about mugging dialogues and putting on make-up and costumes. In the ‘new’ normal that comes with restricted shooting permission…

Washington: The total number of coronavirus cases around the globe has topped 83.9 million, while the death toll surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll […]