Tag: Odisha Covid 19

A total of 15 new cases were detected in the State yesterday.

A look at the genome sequencing data, vaccination rate and hospitalisation data, it seems Omicron is the dominant variant here

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday issued a list of guidelines to be strictly followed by people during the Christmas and New Year festivities in the light of Odisha government's fresh restrictions to check surge in cases of infections by Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

As per data with the NCPCR, during the period of April 1 - June 5, a total of 1,073 children in Odisha have either been abandoned or orphaned or lost at least one parent

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha health department on Tuesday directed all district Collectors to utilise the COVID-19 vaccines supplied by the Centre for existing prioritised beneficiaries. In a letter, additional chief secretary…

Odisha to enforce lockdown in all its 30 districts from midnight. SAARC nations stand in solidarity as PM expresses gratitude for contribution to COVID-19 emergency fund. Government of India says Corporates can spend social funds on measures to battle coronavirus. Bhubaneswar: With a lockdown in force and government gearing up its machinery to combat the […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after declaring its Covid-19 plan, the State government on Tuesday brought the whole of the State under lockdown.  The speed of bringing the whole state under lockdown was quite swift –  within 72 hours of phase -1 lockdown. What next? The way the State government has been announcing a series of interventions […]

Bhubaneswar: The Coronavirus positive cases in Odisha shot up to three with one more sample testing positive for COVIDー19 on Thursday. All the three Coronavirus positive cases reported in the State so far are from Bhubaneswar, the department of State Health & Family Welfare said. One more sample has tested positive for @COVID19 in the […]

Bhubaneswar: On Friday, Odisha government’s spokesperson on COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi expressed apprehensions about the possibilities of entering the community transmission phase. And the increasing magnitude of the pandemic has now prompted the State government to seek voluntary service by senior professionals with experience in vital fields to assist in the management and containment of COVID-19 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today claimed to have initiated all necessary measures to mitigate the unintended impact of Covid-19 lockdown on over 1.2 lakh migrant workers from Odisha stranded in as many as 5-states. Informing about the State’s response to the emerging grave crisis of migrant workers stuck outside Odisha, Subroto Bagchi, State government’s Covid-19 spokesperson, […]

Bhubaneswar: When the count of novel coronavirus in the country keeps growing every day, the status quo Covid-19 numbers in Odisha as on Tuesday failed to bring in a sense of optimism to even Odisha government. The government again appealed to the people in the State to strictly observe social distancing. “We should remain more […]

Bhubaneswar: While the entire country is observing PM Modi’s ‘9 minutes at 9 pm’ call to show solidarity in the nation’s fight against the darkness of Covid-19, Odisha recorded 16 more positive cases of novel-Coronavirus infection. State Health and Family Welfare department informed that 16 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Bhubaneswar which […]

Bhubaneswar: The frontline corona warriors in Odisha are seemingly vulnerable to Covid-19. The State government today conceded that Odisha is grappling with huge shortfall of personal protective equipments (PPE). Speaking to media, the Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd (OSMCL) MD and senior IAS Yamini Sarangi said the State currently have a PPE stock of 66,116. […]

Bhubaneswar: After maintaining a ‘social distance’ with COVID-19 successfully for three consecutive days, Odisha reported a positive case on Saturday taking the tally in State to 61. The patient is a 58-year-old male from Balasore district while contact tracing is being carried out, informed State government. As on April 18, the deadly n-CoV has spread […]