Tag: Ganjam

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 cases continued to multiply in Odisha with yet another record spike on Friday. As many as 718 people were tested positive for Coronavirus infection while four succumbed to the disease while undergoing treatment at different Covid hospitals in the last 24 hours, informed the State I & PR Department. This is the second-highest […]

Bhubaneswar:  In view of increasing cases of Corona infection in Odisha, the state government will re-enforce 14-day complete lockdown in 4-high caseload districts—Cuttack, Khurda, Jajpur and Ganjam, and entire Rourkela Municipal Corporation area from tonight. However, there will be no weekend shutdown in the specified districts during this 2-week long lockdown. Odisha Chief Secretary Asit […]

Bhubaneswar: A thick blanket of security cover is in place for the 14-day lockdown which began in four Odisha districts- Ganjam, Cuttack, Khurda (including Bhubaneswar), Jajpur and entire Rourkela Municipal Corporation area on Saturday. Odisha government has imposed the lockdown as part of its strategy to break the chain of COVID-19 in the four districts […]

Bhubaneswar: With focus on healthcare infrastructure, Odisha government has formulated a special COVID-19 management strategy for worst-hit Ganjam district. The main strategy of health officials will be to reduce COVID-19 fatalities and strengthen overall monitoring mechanism. The OPD and emergency services at MKCG hospital in Berhampur will be reopened soon. The decision was taken after […]

Berhampur: Body of a woman was left unattended for around 14 hours in Golapada village of Bhanjanagar block in Ganjam district in fear of Covid19 contamination. As per reports, the woman died on Saturday at her residence. Though the reason of death is yet to be ascertained, her last rites were not initiated as villagers […]

Bhubaneswar: With early trends showing positive results, Odisha government on Monday announced that plasma therapy will be extended to Ganjam district which has been worst-hit by COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the district via video-conferencing, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that convalescent plasma therapy will begin at Tata COVID hospital in […]

Ganjam: The Convalescent Plasma Therapy to treat COVID-19 patients commenced in Ganjam district on Tuesday. District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange inaugurated the new facility at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital. In the first phase, six blood plasma brought from plasma bank set up at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack will be administered […]

Berhampur: Ganjam is seeing a steep rise in COVID19 cases due to intensive door-to-door health screening in the district, said Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange while allaying fears that there is nothing to panic and hopefully cases will come down in the coming weeks. As per the Health & Family Welfare Department, Ganjam has reported more […]

Ganjam: Coronavirus continues to bring unending miseries and one arguably cannot find better examples than two families in Ganjam who have seen their world turn upside down in the pandemic. Anuradha Panigrahi from Digapahandi lost her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law to the virus. Though she also contracted the infection, she was fortunate to return home […]

Berhampur: The heart wrenching visuals of a minor boy pleading an ambulance driver to shift his ailing father to hospital shocked people across Odisha. The boy’s father died allegedly owing to inordinate delay in hospital admission after the concerned 108 ambulance driver denied ferrying the patient citing COVID-19 protocol. The shocking incident has been reported […]

Berhampur: In a gruesome incident, a beheaded body of a man was found from a paddy field in Ekalpur village in Surada block of Ganjam District on Thursday. According to sources, the severed head was recovered by police at a distance from the body. As per reports, the body has been identified to be of […]

Berhampur: A day after Odisha government issued notification for Unlock 3, Ganjam district administration on Saturday made some modifications in shop opening and night curfew timings which will remain in force in the district till August 31. Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange today informed that almost all the guidelines issued by Odisha government will be […]

Berhampur: Ganjam Teachers’ Joint Association on Monday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to relieve them from the responsibility of managing COVID Care Centres in the district. In a letter to Southern RDC addressing the CM, the teachers’ body lamented that despite the district administration’s earlier order make Panchyat officials as CCH in-charge, they have been […]

Berhampur: The total number of Covid positive cases (11812) in Odisha’s Ganjam so far makes it the worst-affected hotspot in the State, and the toll count of 118 without a doubt indicates the gravity of the pandemic in the district. While the local administration citing a decrease in daily cases claims of a gradual improvement […]

Bhubaneswar: Test, trace, treat. While the health authorities have been executing this strategy for efficient management of the pandemic, the State government is optimistic of a COVID-free situation in next 2-3 months, stated Ajay Parida, Director, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) in Bhubaneshwar. However, he said the government can only regulate norms or impose restrictions, […]