Tag: Covid Warriors

Close to 2 lakh registered health care workers (HCWs) and Frontline Workers (FLWs) in Odisha have not taken vaccine shots against Covid-19. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a customised crash course programme that aims to skill and upskill over one lakh "Covid warriors" across the country, and said the nation needs to stay prepared as the danger of coronavirus and the possibility of its mutation remain present.

Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Tuesday requested the Odisha government to declare the employees of the administration Covid Warriors.

As Covid pandemic sweeps across Odisha unleashing unimaginable crisis, humanity has waged a relentless war against the disease to sustain its life and livelihood like never before. 

New Delhi: The Press Council of India on Thursday reiterated its recommendation to the Centre and state governments that journalists be included in the category of ‘COVID warriors’ and also…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday declared all the working journalists in the State as frontline Covid warriors. The decision will benefit 6944 working journalists of the State.…

The untimely demise of Rohit Sardana, 42, and Nilakshi Bhattacharyya, 55, well-known journalists of two different national media organizations, in the battle against Covid -19 yesterday on 29th April, made…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh each for the families of all Sarpanchs who lose their lives in the battle against Covid-19. Hailing the Sarpanchs as frontline warriors in the battle against Covid-19 at grassroots level, Patnaik said for the benefit of their families they […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged people of the State to show solidarity towards Covid-19 warriors by singing the ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ at 5:30 PM on Saturday (May 30). It is believed that the move is a part of expressing gratitude to the frontline workers including doctors, nurses, people’s representatives and others […]

Cuttack: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP)-rank officer on Monday tested positive for COVID-19 apart from five other staff of a police station under Athagarh sub-division. Earlier yesterday, the inspector-in-charge of the police station in Athagarh under Cuttack Rural Police District had tested positive for COVID-19. As per sources, the IIC was not well for […]

Cuttack: As many as 17 persons including four members of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP)-rank official in Cuttack district have tested positive for COVID-19, informed Athagarh SDMO Bijay Mishra on Thursday. The concerned DSP had tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Apart from the DSP’s family members, a former block chairman in Athagarh has […]

Bhubaneswar: The news of the death of a junior teacher (contractual), Simanchal Satpathy and subsequent suicide by his parents in Ganjam was a heart-wrenching episode. Not only Satpathy, one more teacher from the district has also died of COVID-19 in the last three days and the death of teachers in COVID-19 has now emerged as […]

Puri: At a time when Coronavirus cases are rising relentlessly, the COVID warriors, who are playing crucial roles in fight against the pandemic, are allegedly being deprived of basic facilities and foods at COVID centres. The doctors, nurses and other health workers at various COVID centres in Puri district have alleged that they are being […]

Bhubaneswar: A lady sub-inspector has tested positive for COVID-19, informed Khurda district Excise Superintendent Prasanna Acharya on Sunday. As per Acharya, the lady sub-inspector from Keonjhar district was supposed to join duty at Excise Superintendent’s office in Bhubaneswar a few days back. However, she came to complete the formalities at the office yesterday. “Though the […]

Bhubaneswar: Like darkness beneath the lamp, video of a doctor in Odisha emotionally pleading the government to help his ailing mother struggling with Coronavirus is a perfect example of humanitarian crisis faced by these frontliners who are leading the battle against the pandemic. Tahseen Anwar, a doctor of Rourkela admitted her mother to a hospital […]