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Bhubaneswar: Cab aggregator Ola has launched a new service which will enable customers to book cabs for travel to and from hospitals during the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The new service ‘Ola Emergency’ will offer rides from a customer’s home to any of the hospitals in twin city. In the first […]
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Nabarangpur: The National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has come forward to fund an exclusive 200-bed Covid-19 hospital at Nabarangpur in Odisha. The Navratna CPSE signed the agreement with the Nabarangpur district administration and Health Department under which a Covid-19 exclusive isolation facility care centre has been made at BEd College at Hirli in Nabarangpur. The […]
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Bhubaneswar: National Health Mission (NHM) Director Shalini Pandit on Saturday said that 8% of Covid-19 positive cases recorded so far in the State are above 60 years. “While senior citizens are most vulnerable to Coronavirus in different countries, the percentage of such affected persons in Odisha is comparatively very less. While 16% of cases are […]
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Bhubaneswar: With ten more patients from the State, the total number of patients freed from the Coronavirus has reached 12 in Odisha. The Health and Family Welfare Department said that five persons from Bhubaneswar, two from Bhadrak and one each from Cuttack, Jajpur and Puri have cured. Meanwhile, two more persons tested for Covid-19 positive […]
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Mahanga (Cuttack): Execution of lockdown imposed by the Government to effectively contain the spread of novel Coronavirus aka Covid-19 has been hit in Mahanga police station area in Cuttack district due to lack of adequate police personnel at a time when the infection is spreading its tentacles in rural areas of Odisha. Social distancing is […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday advised all private educational institutions in the State to be sympathetic to consider reduction or deferment of school fees for three months from April to June in view of the ongoing lockdown and the prevailing associated economic stress due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha Government decided to extend the ongoing lockdown in the State till April 30 to effectively contain the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19), Puri king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, who is revered as the first servitor of Lord Jagannath, on Friday appealed to everyone in the State to follow the decision with […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Thursday made it mandatory for residents to cover their faces before stepping out of their houses. The Government has also announced imposition of fine for non-compliance. A decision to this effect was taken in the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through video conferencing. “Wearing mask in public […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported two more Coronavirus positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases in Odisha to 44, of which two patients have been cured and discharged and one succumbed to the disease. According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, a 51-year-old woman from Dhenkanal and 69-year-old man from Medinipur from […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend the Centre for an extension of the ongoing 21-day lockdown period for another fortnight till April 30 to prevent community transmission of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also decided to extend the closure of educational institutions till […]
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