CM launches Made-in-Odisha COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test kit

Bhubaneswar, May 27: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched the manufacturing of Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kit at Infocity, said an official release. According to a CMO release, these kits can be delivered to any part of Odisha in 24 hours. It will cater to the demand of quick antigen test kits in […]

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Amid Omicron scare, Odisha closes colleges, varsities from January 10

Bhubaneswar, January 7: The State Government on Friday decided to close down all colleges & universities and its hostels from January 10 in view of the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases. “All colleges, universities, technical educational institutions (other than medical colleges, nursing colleges & institutions under control of Health & Family Welfare Department) under the […]

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COVID-19: CM asks Collectors to keep hospitals ready in next 10 days

Bhubaneawar, January 4: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the State with senior officials and district Collectors on virtual mode and directed them to speed up preparedness and keep all the Government and private hospitals ready within next 10 days. The Chief Minister directed that the number of beds and […]

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Youth gets new lease of life at SUM COVID-19 Hospital 

Bhubaneswar, June 4: The atmosphere of gloom caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has been impacting life everywhere, but aided by good treatment, many patients are battling the disease valiantly to ensure a new lease of life fort themselves. Twenty-year-old Pratiksh Kadambalu of Muniguda in Rayagada district, a Plus-III student, was rushed to the SUM Covid […]

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Odisha Govt includes ‘Black Fungus’ as notifiable disease

Bhubaneawar, May 20: The Odisha Government on Thursday decided to include Mucormycosis aka Black Fungus as notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act-1897 in view of reported rise in the incidence of Black Fungus amongst COVID-19 patients. The State Government has already formed a Task Force to monitor the incidents of such patients. Recently, the Task […]

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COVID-19: Rourkela Steel Plant augments supply of Liquid Medical Oxygen to hospitals

Rourkela, May 6: The Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has so far, supplied 1567.3 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to different destinations in and outside Odisha as its efforts to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients across the country. Meanwhile, it has augmented the supply of the LMO. According to a RSP release, the […]

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Odisha reports 4,851 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 21: Odisha has reported 4,851 new COVID-19 cases, 1,740 recoveries and five more fatalities in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 2,814 cases were detected from among the quarantined people and 2,037 were local contacts. These new cases have been detected […]

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COVID-19: ECoR GM urges public not to visit railway offices

Bhubaneswar, April 16: In view of upsurge in Covid-19 cases, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Friday appealed to the general public to refrain from visiting railway offices. He also requested that, instead of visiting offices physically, correspondences may be done by means of email, phone, fax or by SMS. Apart from […]

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Odisha Tourism & Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi tests positive for COVID-19

Bhubaneswar, September 7: As the coronavirus outbreak continues to surge in Odisha, Tourism & Odia Language Literature & Culture Minister, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi revealed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The Minister urged the people who came in contact with him during the last seven days to isolate themselves in order to check the […]

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Covid-19: BMC to launch ‘Sampark Meeting’ from tomorrow

Bhubaneswar, September 6: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will launch IEC (Information, Education and Communication) campaign from Monday in the State Capital to reach our every section of the society and to promote active community participation to infuse among public the values of self responsibility to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic. As per the […]

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