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Bhubaneswar, May 14: Putting technology to use for better COVID management and quick transfer of patients to the dedicated COVID hospitals (DCH) and COVID care centres (CCC), the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started GPS tracking of the emergency vehicles. While the city authorities have a fleet of 64 ambulances under the COVID management programme, […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 13: In view of poor patronisation in above trains and keeping in view the surge of COVID-19 positive cases and to break the chain of infection, four express special trains will remain suspended the end of May from both the directions. According to an the East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, Puri-LTT-Puri Weekly Special […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 12: After a partial relief for some days, Odisha on Wednesday once again registered an upward trend in COVID-19 cases with 10,982 people testing positive for the virus in last 24 hours, triggering a fresh concern for the State. Of the fresh cases, 58% of the infections (6,366) have been reported in ten […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 11: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed concerned officials to take strict action against private hospitals if they charge beyond the celling fixed by the State Government while treating COVID-19 patients. The Chief Minister was reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the State this evening. He directed the Chief Secretary, DG of Police, […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 11: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 20 crore to set up RT-PCR testing laboratories in 16 districts in the State in view of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, said an official release. According to a Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) statement, the laboratories would come up Bhadrak, Boudh, Dhenkanal, […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 10: Odisha has witnessed three per cent drop in COVID-19 positivity rate in the last 72 hours as 10,031 infections were reported on Monday. The number of daily infections which stood at 10,635 on Sunday has come down to 10,031 today. With today’s surge, the total caseload has mounted to 54, 4,873 in […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 8: Odisha on Saturday registered a record 21 COVID-19 deaths and 11,807 new infections, informed the State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department. With the fresh casualties, the Coronavirus death toll in the State surged to 2,161 while the total caseload rose to 5,24,207. Kalahandi witnessed maximum four deaths followed by Sundergarh, Cuttack, […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 6: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday requested Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for exemption of GST on purchase of Vaccine for COVID-19 and financial assistance to States from Cess and Surcharges collected by Govt of India. The Chief Minister expressed that this will strengthen our unified fight against COVID-19. In a letter […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 6: Odisha on Thursday registered 10,521 COVID-19 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 5,001,62, according to the data provided by the State Informs & Public Relations (I&PR) Department. This is the highest single-day spike the State recorded ever since the pandemic began last year. Odisha also reported […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 4: Odisha on Tuesday registered 8,216 fresh COVID-19 cases, 6,488 recoveries and 15 more fatalities in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department. Now, the total caseload in the State stood at 47,9752. Of thy 8,216 cases, as many as 4,684 cases have been detected from quarantine centres […]
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