BMC conducts vaccination drive at Beggars’ Home & Social Equity Centre in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, June 5: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday completed vaccination of 68 inmates of ‘Ekamra Nilaya’, the Beggars’ Home, situated at K8 area of Kalinga Nagar under South West Zone of BMC. Special group vaccination in on priority basis of BMC with instructions of Commissioner Sri Sanjay Kumar Singh. The drive here started […]

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Odisha CM sanctions Rs 67.52 lakh more from CMRF to feed stray animals in 3rd phase

Bhubaneswar, June 3, 2021: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned an amount of Rs 67,52,000 from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for stray animals in urban areas in the State, said an official release. This amount will be used to feed stray animals during the extended lockdown period, said a Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) statement. […]

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CM dedicates Liquid Medical oxygen Plant at MKCG in Berhampur

Bhubaneswar, May 20: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday dedicated a Liquid Medical Oxygen plant facility at MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur on virtual platform. The LMO Plant has been built at a cost of Rs 2 crore. It has a production capacity of 20 thousand litres. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief […]

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Red Flag patients: BMC starts monitoring through 1929 Call Centre, RRTs

Bhubaneswar, May 19: Taking the level of care-giving to a next step during the second wave of the COVID pandemic, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to categorise patients under home isolation into two types. While the home isolation patients with no or mild symptoms of COVID are called Green Flag cases, the moderately-affected […]

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COVID-19: Sarpanchs continue to have powers of district Collectors, says Odisha CM 

Bhubaneswar, May 17: Sarpanchs continue to have the powers of district Collectors in enforcing lockdown in the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said at the all-party meeting convened by Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Monday. The meeting was conducted through digital platform. “Sarpanchs continue to have the powers of district collectors in enforcing […]

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BMC plans hotel-hospital tie up for treatment of non-critical COVID-19 patients in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, May 15: In a bid to free up more beds for critical COVID-19 patients at different hospitals, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to rope in hotels for converting into COVID-19 facilities to treat patients with mild infection in the State Capital. Today, the BMC Commissioner, Sanjay Kumar Singh chaired a virtual meeting […]

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COVID-19: BMC carries out massive sanitisation drive in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, May 15: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday started a massive sanitisation drive with dedicated sanitisation vehicles in its three administrative zones. Today under the South East Zone, three vehicles were deployed near Satyanagar Crematorium and carried out the activity to sanitise the public area. According to BMC sources, three dedicated vehicles are […]

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Centre to supply 192 lakh COVID vaccines to States between May 16-31

This will include 162.5 lakh of Covishield and 29.49 lakh of Covaxin Delhi, May 14: The Central Government will provide 191.99 lakh doses of Covishield and Covaxin to the States and UTs, free of cost between May 16 and 31. This will include 162.5 lakh of Covishield and 29.49 lakh of Covaxin, said an official […]

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Odisha reports highest single-day spike of 12,390 COVID-19 cases; Death toll mounts to 2,273

Bhubaneswar, May 14: Odisha on Friday reported highest single-day spike of 12,390 COVID-19 positive cases and 22 deaths, informed a data released by the State Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department. With this, the total caseload surged to 5,88,687 in the State while the death toll mounted to 2,273. Odisha currently has 1,04,016 active cases […]

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Odisha sees dip in COVID-19 cases; Total active tally rises to 94,829

Bhubaneswar, May 11: Odisha on Tuesday reported 9,793 new COVID-19 positive cases, 18 deaths and 9,706 recoveries in the last 24 hours, as per the State Health and Family Welfare Department. While today’s total positivity rate (TPR) stood at 21.17%, the TPR in State in last four days was recorded at 20.73% on Monday, 21 […]

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