Tag: Odisha Covid 19

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Has the ongoing lockdown helped in minimising the spread of coronavirus? While we can strike a positive note on the COVID-19 situation in 27 districts of Odisha, the rest three- Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore- which are currently under shutdown reportedly seem to have failed in cutting the transmission of the lethal virus. As on […]

Bhubaneswar: The late surge of COVID-19 looks quite bothering for Odisha, when only 7 days are left for the lockdown 2.0 to make an exit on May 3. What is worrying is, as on today, nearly 80 COVID suspects have been admitted to Odisha’s 28 COVID hospitals along with a total of 72 confirmed COVID […]

Odisha reported seven COVID-19 positive cases today taking the tally to 169. The fresh cases have been detected from Jajpur, Bhadrak and Sundergarh districts, informed H & FW Department.

Odisha's COVID-19 tally has witnessed a steep spike with detection of 10 more positive cases. Seven of these fresh cases are from Ganjam district while three others belong to capital city Bhubaneswar which had reported no cases for more than a week. With a total of 34 new cases in the last 24 hours, the State's tally has gone up to 219. While there are 165 active cases, 62 have recovered.

Bhubaneswar: The migrant influx from the n-CoV hotbeds, particularly Gujarat (Surat), West Bengal, Kerala, TN and Karnataka, seems to have unsettled the COVID management by the State administration to a large extent. Reportedly, the first lot of Odia migrants from Surat reached Ganjam district on April 30. As on May 2, Odisha’s recovery rate was […]

Bhubaneswar: The governments world over have first clamped lockdown to cut the transmission cycle of COVID-19. But now to ease out from the long lockdown situation, which carries a socio-economic impact, a new strategy of developing ‘Herd Immunity’ to fight COVID is being stressed upon. It seems the strategy to develop ‘herd immunity’ has caught […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though Odisha continues to witness a steep rise in the novel-Coronavirus curve with each passing day, the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar director Ajay Parida is confident that after a spike, the COVID-19 crisis in the State will attain stability in August. Speaking to media, the ILS chief said, “In terms of […]