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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has traced at least 129 persons who have come in contact with the 33-year-old youth of Bhubaneswar tested positive for Coronavirus aka COVID-19. State Government’s COVID-19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi today said that efforts are on to reach out to the persons to check further spread. “The Coronavirus positive patient, who is […]
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Bhubaneswar: Hours after a 33-year-old youth with travel history to Italy was tested positive for Coronavirus aka COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar thereby being the first such case in Odisha, the State Government on Monday asked all Municipal Corporation Commissioners, Municipality and Notified Area Council (NAC) Executive Officers to make arrangements for quarantine centres in Kalyan Mandaps, […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday postponed the exams of students of Class I-IX in all type of schools, including Government, aided, private and public across the State with immediate effect in view of Coronavirus outbreak. “In view of the pandemic situation arising out of COVID-19 (Coronavirsu), all Government, aided, public and private schools of […]
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Bhubaneswar: Election process for two Zilla Parishad (ZP) seats, six sarpanchs, eight panchayat samiti members and 84 ward members scheduled on March 24 was postponed by the State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday in view of Coronavirus aka COVID-19 outbreak. “Whereas, the State Election Commission takes into consideration the emerging challenges posed by COVID-19 and […]
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Bhubaneswar: A 33-year-old resident of Bhubaneswar with travel history to Italy was tested positive for the Coronavirus aka COVID-19. The man was admitted to Capital Hospital here. It is the first positive case from Odisha. Issuing an official confirmation, Government spokesperson Subroto Bagchi said that the 33-year-old Italy-return patient admitted to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar […]
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Puri: In view of the spike in Coronavirus cases in the country and amid fears of transmission of the virus in Puri and Konark, the two premier tourist destinations of the State, the Puri district administration on Sunday announced closure of Sun Temple at Konark for tourists for the next seven days. “Sun Temple at […]
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Bhubaneswar: Terming the Coronavirus aka COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic for human race, one without vaccine or treatment, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appealed to all the citizens to practise social distancing and refrain from spreading rumours and misinformation to keep the virus at bay. “The rapid spread of novel Coronavirus across the globe in the […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has geared up its entire machinery in a big way to take comprehensive measures on prevention of Coronavirus aka COVID-19 infection. It has directed the Railway Medical Wing and Divisional Railway Managers to ensure that adequate prevention measures are put in place across the zone. Control Rooms have been […]
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Bhubaneswar: Six senior journalists from Maharashtra visited the Press Information Bureau (PIB) office here under the Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat (EBSB) programme on Friday. They are on a six-day visit to Odisha under EBSB. The delegation actively interacted with the journalists and officials of the PIB here where they were briefed about the rich culture, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Alarmed by novel coronavirus aka Covid-19 scare, the Nandankanan Zoological Park authorities has announced its decision to shut down the zoo for public with immediate effect till March 31. “Nandankanan Zoo and State Botanical Garden is closed to public with effect from March 15, 2020 till March 31, 2020 as a precautionary measure against […]
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