Odisha COVID-19

Covid-19 tally in Odisha crosses 70,000-mark

August 20, 2020August 21, 2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: The number of coronavirus cases in Odisha crossed 70,000 while the death toll due to the pandemic reached 380 on Thursday. Odisha reported 2,898 new cases and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours. The tally of cases in the State rose to 70,020 and death toll reached 380, it added. Of the 2,898 […]

COVID-19: CM urges Serum Institute CEO to keep Odisha as priority for vaccination

July 22, 2020July 26, 2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday spoke to Serum Institute CEO, Adar Poonawalla over a video call to discuss on progress of Covid vaccine. The Chief Minister expressed happiness that Serum Institute has partnered with Oxford University to develop Covid vaccine and congratulated for the recent promising results published in Lancet on Covid vaccine. […]

Covid-19 outbreak: ECoR manufactures 24,314 masks, 430 litre sanitiser in own units

April 3, 2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising fears of Covid-19 community transmission, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has produced a total 24,314 masks and 430 litres of alcohol-based sanitiser to assist in fight against novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The ECoR has used its workshops, sheds and depots to produce masks and sanitisers. All three divisions of ECoR – Khurda Road, […]

IAS officer Vineel Krishna, who returned from abroad, undergoes home quarantine

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer R Vineel Krishna, who returned from abroad recently, underwent home quarantine. The Sports Director and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) MD registered himself in COVID-19 portal of the Odisha Government and preferred home 14-day quarantine despite not showing any symptoms yet. In a video message he appealed to others returning from abroad […]