Tag: Ganjam

Bhubaneswar: With the rise in the influx of migrant workforce from other States to Odisha amid the nationwide lockdown, the scourge of COVID-19 seems to be getting steeper in some districts like Ganjam which has been declared a Red Zone. While the State on Thursday reported its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 positive cases as […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after reporting the highest single-day count of 34 cases of SARS-nCoV infection, Odisha on Friday saw 26 more such cases, a steep rise for second day running, taking the State’s overall COVID tally to 245. Thanks to massive influx of migrants, Ganjam district continues to cause worries for Odisha reporting 19 new […]

Bhubaneswar: Seems like the government’s decision on migrant influx has undone all the good work done by the residents of Ganjam district. A place which was nowhere in the COVID map until May 2, became red in 3 days and ‘redder’ in less than a week. Twenty four new positive cases have been reported from […]

Berhampur: A 40-year-old migrant worker was on Friday found dead in a quarantine centre in Ganjam district where he was lodged after returning from Surat in Gujarat, a police official said. The deceased was kept at the quarantine centre set up at Dhunkapada high school in Polasara block since Tuesday after he arrived from Surat […]

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration has imposed Section-144 at and around all COVID19 temporary medical camps/institutional quarantine centres where migrants have been quarantined by the government following their return from other states, mostly from Gujarat’s Surat. As per the ordered passed by district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange, no persons will be allowed to enter within […]

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 is fast spreading its tentacles in Odisha as 20 districts of the State have reported confirmed cases of coronavirus so far. The State reported 58 COVID-19 cases with Angul district reporting its maiden confirmed cases on Sunday. As many as 13 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Angul district on Sunday. The total […]

Angul: At a time when migrants are being brought to Odisha in special trains from different parts of the country, some of them jumped off a train allegedly after pulling the emergency chain near Majhika on the outskirts of Angul town last evening. While seven migrants have been caught by the police, efforts are on […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as COVID cases continue to explode in Ganjam, district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange today assured that steps are being taken to avoid community transmission. In fact, he seemed sanguine when he said that such a situation is unlikely in the district as all positive cases are returnees detected at the quarantine centres. Speaking […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhadrak district administration on Wednesday withdrew the containment zone tag from four gram panchayats of Basudevpur and Bonth blocks which was imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread COVID-19. The restrictions of containment zone in all the villages of Chudamani, Kismat, Krishnapur panchayats of Basudevpur block and Bonth Block’s Charigaon panchayats […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the last 24 hours with the detection of 91 new COVID-19 cases and one more fatalities. The total number of positive cases in the State now stands at 828 including 627 active cases, 196 recoveries and five deaths, according to the State Health and […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: A migrant worker from Odisha’s Ganjam district infected with n-CoV succumbed to the disease on Monday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Surat, Gujarat. The deceased Krushna Gobinda Bisoyi (27) is a resident of Baduka village under Dharakote block in Ganjam district. He was reportedly tested positive for the virus on May 11 […]

Ganjam: The Ganjan district administration on Sunday declared nine villages under Badapalli gram panchayat in Khallikote block as containment zones and 10 villages as buffer zones after 12 persons engaged in different Temporary Medical Camps (TMCs) tested positive for Covid-19. The 12 staff are among the 64 Covid-19 cases detected in Ganjam district yesterday. They […]

Berhampur: In view of the spike in COVID-19 cases following influx of migrants, Ganjam district administration has decided to launch door-to-door health screening from tomorrow. Ganjam district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange today informed that nearly 3 lakh families will be covered under the mega screening drive. The drive will be conducted by various teams including […]

Bhubaneswar: After frontline health workers including doctors and nurses, Odisha Police personnel are now found to be COVID-19 positive which has now emerged as a major cause of concern for the department dealing with the pandemic. As per reports, two senior officials of Ganjam police including SDPO and IIC of Chhatrapur police station tested positive […]

Bhubaneswar: Apart from witnessing a single-day spike of 304 COVID-19 positive cases, Odisha also reported two more deaths due to coronavirus infection on Sunday. The two deaths have been reported from Ganjam and Bargarh districts, informed the State Health and Family Department. A 76-year-old male COVID-19 patient of Bargarh district died while under treatment in […]