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IB employees in Odisha put under home quarantine after contact with COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday put all employees of Intelligence Bureau (IB) under home quarantine, after one of the officials allegedly came in contact with a COVID-19 patient.
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COVID-19: From April 9, Odisha makes it mandatory to cover mouth and nose
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 7 (ANI): Odisha has become the first state in the country to make a face mask or use of cloth in "at least two layers" mandatory for the citizens when they come out of home for any purpose. The order shall come into effect from 7 am on April 9.
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Odisha Guv to contribute 30 pc of his one year salary to PM CARES Fund
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Governor of Odisha Prof Ganeshi Lal on Monday decided to contribute 30 pc of his one year salary from Mar, 2020 to Feb 2021 to the PM CARES Fund and donate Rs 21 lakh to CM Relief Fund from his Discretionary Grant.
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Dubai returned man tests positive, number of coronavirus cases in Odisha r
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 6 (ANI): One more person from Kendrapara was tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of cases to 40 in the state on Monday.
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Odisha gets its third COVID-19 dedicated govt hospital
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 6 (ANI): A 525-bed hospital, dedicated for coronavirus patients, was set up at SOA campus in Odisha's Bhubaneswar. This is the third government COVID-19 dedicated hospital in the state.
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Two more test positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, total number now 23
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 5 (ANI): Two more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha taking the total number of cases in the state to 23, the State's Health Department said on Sunday.
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Locals pelt stones at police in Cuttack's Kesharpur
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], April 5 (ANI): Locals in Kesharpur, Cuttack, pelted stones at police on Sunday during the complete shutdown imposed in the city.
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Odisha to focus on containment, surveillance of coronavirus over next week
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 5 (ANI): In a bid to contain the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha, for the next 7-10 days the state will be focused on containment and surveillance, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathi said on Sunday.
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Two new COVID-19 patients found in Bhubaneswar
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 5 (ANI): Two more COVID-19 cases were reported in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. One is a 70-year-old man, who had returned from Australia and was home quarantined. Another is a 29-year-old man from Bomikhal.
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Lockdown : Union Minister Sarangi requests Odisha CM to provide financial
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 5 (ANI): Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi wrote a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik requesting him to provide financial assistance to priests in the state after most temples were closed amid national lockdown.
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3 out of 28 Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive for COVID-19 in Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 4 (ANI): As many as 28 people, who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, have been identified in Odisha out of which three have tested positive for coronavirus, said Sanjay Singh, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, I&PR Department.
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Combating COVID-19: Complete lockdown in 3 cities of Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 4 (ANI): Three major cities of Odisha -- Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak -- were put under complete lockdown for 48 hours on Saturday after 15 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the State.
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