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Bhubaneswar: Sri Sathya Sai Trust, Odisha on Wednesday contributed Rs 10 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to support the State Government’s efforts in fighting Coronavirus (Covid-19). Trust convener Antarjyami Pattnaik handed over the cheque to Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here. Sai devotees from all over the State have contributed this amount by […]
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Bhubaneswar: With West Bengal returnees turning north Odisha into new Covid-19 hotspot, Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Thursday requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to deploy special forces along Odisha-West Bengal border to prevent unauthorised cross border movement into Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts in view of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In a letter to Patnaik, Union […]
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Bhubaneswar: One more Covid-19 positive patient from Bhubaneswar recovered after his last two tests turned out to be negative. With this, the State is now left with 49 active novel coronavirus cases. “Happy to share that one more COVID-19 positive case from Bhubaneswar has recovered and is being discharged,” tweeted the Health and Family Welfare […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that families of healthcare personnel – public and private – and members of all other support services will get Rs 50 lakh in case they die while dealing with coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. The State will treat Health professional who die in Covid-19 as martyrs and provide State […]
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Bhubaneswar: Five more Government standalone Covid-19 hospitals were opened in the State on Monday. With this, the State’s dedicated Covid hospitals are now functional in 26 districts with a bed capacity of 5,000. The five hospitals have come up in Sundargarh, Bargarh, Angul, Jagatsinghpur and Nabarangpur, and have a bed-strength of 825. Chief Minister Naveen […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced a humanitarian roadmap to facilitate return of people of Odisha stranded outside the States, after the ongoing lockdown restrictions are lifted. He also granted Collector’s power to the Sarpanchs to effectively manage the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in village levels. This will be done through community based monitoring […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced Rs 100 crore ‘Urban Wage Employment Initiative’ to generate employment for the urban poor amidst the ongoing lockdown enforced by the Central Government to effectively contain the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). The initiative will benefit 4.5 lakh families in 114 urban local bodies (ULBs). Under the initiative, […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government will collect 5,000 samples for Covid-19 testing alone in Bhubaneswar within seven days, informed Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here on Friday. Of the 60 positive cases so far tested in State, Bhubaneswar alone reported 46 positive cases thereby becoming a Covid-19 hotspot. “We have prepared a plan namely ‘Bhubaneswar Strategy’ in […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to promote use of TickMe mobile App so that citizens can place online orders for pickup and delivery with grocery stores, medical shops, restaurants nearby during the ongoing lockdown period. The innovative App can also notify the buyers when the orders are ready for pickup or delivery. As […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a bid to speed up Covid-19 tests in the State, Odisha Government has decided to carry out extensive group testing or pooled sample testing. The practice involves mixing of several samples to create a large sample and putting them up for test in one go instead of testing every single sample one at […]
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