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Bhubaneswar: vHealth by Aetna (www.vHealth.io) has announced a special initiative of providing free access to its virtual doctor consultation service, until April 15, to help ensure people have access to health care during the COVID-19 outbreak. vHealth provides professional and confidential medical consultations by telephone and video for people across the country. The announcement comes […]
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Bhubaneswar: With the number of new novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) infections rising by the day, the Odisha Government extended lockdown to the entire State with effect Tuesday midnight till March 29 to check the spread of the virus, prohibiting public movement except in case of emergencies. In the first phase the State Government enforced lockdown in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Stepping up measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Odisha Government has begun marking residences in which people have been asked to stay in home quarantine. There are around 3,600 such persons who returned to Odisha from abroad after March 3 midnight. “For community monitoring of quarantined homes, it has […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Monday extended lockdown from five to 14 districts to check the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The lockdown was extended to full districts of Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur. Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda districts from Tuesday morning, said State Government’s Chief Spokesperson on COVID-19 Subrato Bagchi. A total of 14 districts […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday showed show gratitude to health workers at the forefront of the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country by clapping and beating bells. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a bid to send a stern message to not mess with public health priorities during the Coronavirus aka COVID-19 outbreak, Odisha police on Sunday registered criminal case against a US-returned man for violating home quarantine orders. This is first such FIR registered in the State in connection with a Coronavirus (COVID-19) “We have […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has suspended inter-State bus services until further orders to check the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the State. In a letter to all Regional Transport Officers (RTOs), Transport Commissioner-cum-State Transport Authority Chairman said, “Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become pandemic and the whole world is affected by the deadly virus. There […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday condemned the Maoist attack on security forces in Sukma in Chhattisgarh. “Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has condemned the dastardly attack on STF & DRG jawans in #Sukma, Chhattisgarh. He has expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the jawans who embraced martyrdom while fighting extremists & […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday imposed restriction on the congregation of more than seven people at any place other than inside homes to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID1-19). Similarly, instruction has also been issued to close all stand-alone restaurants, bars, coffee shops, canteens, eateries of all kind where a large number of […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone the ensuing census and related activities scheduled to begin from April 1 in the country in view of Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. In a letter to Prime Minister Modi, Patnaik said, “We are all at present fighting against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
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