Tag: Odisha News

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: As the lockdown 2.0 is due to end in a week’s time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a video conferencing with Chief Ministers to discuss the prevailing COVID-19 situation. According to sources, during the interaction, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik laid focus on taking care of stranded workers by respective States. The CM has […]

Bhubaneswar: Women are considered a harbinger of life as they are the humans who give birth. But the same women can become the agents of cruelty and killing, particularly in distressing times of Covid-19, is beyond comprehension. And more so, when the cruelty is inflicted on an animal that doesn’t have the power to resist, […]

Two more COVID-19 patients recovered today, bringing down the number of active cases in Odisha to 41, informed Health and Family Welfare Department.

Bhubaneswar: Sensing a near-normalcy in the COVID-19 hub, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) after reviewing the situation on April 28 came up with a few relaxations in the lockdown norms that were earlier in place. Even though considerable relaxations have been made, the traders in the capital city seem to be hesitant to pull up […]

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order on Friday allowing the movement of migrant workers, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places by special trains to be operated by Railway Ministry. MoR will also designate nodal officer(s) for coordinating with States and UTs for their movement, it said. Following the […]

Bhubaneswar: A sudden spike on Saturday saw Jajpur emerging as the worst affected COVID-19 district in Odisha with the total number of coronavirus positive cases reaching 48 in the district. While so far only one patient has recovered, rest 47 are active cases at the hospital. With this, Jajpur has surpassed Khurda (47) district in […]

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 reported seven more COVID-19 positive cases on Tuesday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the State to 176, informed Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department.

Berhampur: They said they would starve to death if the State government doesn’t facilitate their homecoming. Desperate measures were taken to bring these stranded migrant workers back, and the rest is history. A district which obeyed every rule in the book to stay away from the novel coronavirus (n-CoV), suddenly seems to be on the […]

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: In a move likely to derail the COVID impact after a massive migrant influx in State, the Odisha government has cancelled all trains scheduled for departure from Surat tomorrow. The decision was taken after the Orissa High Court today directed the State government to allow entry of only those people who test negative for […]

Bhubaneswar: With the nature of COVID-19 unfolding more with each passing day, Odisha government too seems to be advancing with fresh developments to curb the menace. State’s spokesman on COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi today informed that the mandatory quarantine period of 14 days for returnees has now been increased to 21 days. The development comes a […]

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 […]